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Wentzelellites sicula

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Wentzelella sicula was named by Montanaro Gallitelli (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Wentzelellites.

It was recombined as Wentzelellites sicula by Minato and Kato (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Wentzelella sicula Montanaro Gallitelli p. 50 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1965Wentzelellites sicula Minato and Kato p. 217

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusWentzelellitesWu 1963
speciessicula()

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.

Wentzelellites sicula Montanaro Gallitelli 1954
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Diagnosis
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