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Periplacotrochus inflectus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Placotrochus inflectus was named by Dennant (1903). It is not extant. Its type locality is Browns Creek, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Periplacotrochus inflectus by Cairns (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Placotrochus inflectus Dennant
2017Periplacotrochus inflectus Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusPeriplacotrochus
speciesinflectus()

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