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Sestrophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Sestrophyllum was named by Fomichev (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l C Step-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dibunophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Sestrophyllum Fomichev
1981Sestrophyllum Hill
2002Sestrophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderAulophyllina
familyAulophyllidaeDybowski 1873
subfamilyDibunophyllinaeWang 1950
genusSestrophyllumFomichev 1953

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. †Sestrophyllum Fomichev 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available