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Aulocystis

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Taxonomy
Aulocystis was named by Schlüter (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aulocystidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Aulocystis Schlüter
1981Aulocystis Hill
2002Aulocystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusAulocystisSchlüter 1885

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. †Aulocystis Schlüter 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available