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Chauvelicystis

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Taxonomy
Chauvelicystis is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Chauvelicystinae.

It was assigned to Chauvelicystinae by Lefebvre and Vizcaino (1999); and to Cornuta by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Chauvelicystis Lefebvre and Vizcaino p. 442
2002Chauvelicystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
suborderCothurnocystidaBather 1913
familyCothurnocystidaeBather 1913
subfamilyChauvelicystinaeDaley 1992
genusChauvelicystis

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
No diagnoses are available