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Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Aplosmilia tolmachoffana was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Cranes Mill, Arctica roemeri beds, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana by Wells (1944); it was recombined as Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Aplosmilia tolmachoffana Wells
1944Elasmophyllia tolmachoffana Wells
2009Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPhacellocoeniaAlloiteau and Tissier 1858
speciestolmachoffana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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