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Gshelia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae

Taxonomy
Gshelia was named by Shtukenberg (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyathopsidae by Hill (1956); to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bothrophyllidae by Hill (1981) and Wang et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Gshelia Shtukenberg
1956Gshelia Hill
1981Gshelia Hill
2002Gshelia Sepkoski
2006Gshelia Wang et al. p. 335

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCaniniinaWang 1950
familyBothrophyllidaeFomichev 1953
genusGsheliaShtukenberg 1888

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. †Gshelia Shtukenberg 1888
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Gshelia americana Wilson 1982
Gshelia jiangxiensis Yu and Zhu 1988
Gshelia rouilleri Stuckenberg 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available