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Heterostrotion

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Heterostrotion was named by Poty and Xu (1996). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithostrotionidae by Berkowski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Heterostrotion Poty and Xu
2002Heterostrotion Berkowski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusHeterostrotionPoty and Xu 1996

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.

G. †Heterostrotion Poty and Xu 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available