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Enoploura

Stylophora - Mitrata - Anomalocystitidae

Taxonomy
Enoploura was named by Wetherby (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 937]. It is not extant. Its type is Enoploura balanoides. It is the type genus of Enoplourinae.

It was assigned to Anomalocystitidae by Parsley (1981); to Enoplourinae by Parsley (1991); and to Mitrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Enoploura Wetherby
1981Enoploura Parsley
1991Enoploura Parsley p. 30
2002Enoploura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderAnomalocystitidaCaster 1952
familyAnomalocystitidaeBassler 1938
subfamilyEnoplourinaeCaster 1952
genusEnoplouraWetherby 1879

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. †Enoploura Wetherby 1879
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Enoploura balanoides Meek 1872
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Invalid names: Enoploura meeki Caster 1952 [synonym], Enoploura wetherbyi Caster 1952 [synonym], Placocystis crustacea Haeckel 1896 [synonym]
Enoploura popei Caster 1952
Enoploura punctata Bassler 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available