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Heterophyllia

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterophyllia was named by McCoy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heterophylliidae by Hill (1981); and to Heterocorallia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Heterophyllia McCoy
1981Heterophyllia Hill
2002Heterophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 1873
genusHeterophylliaMcCoy 1849

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. †Heterophyllia McCoy 1849
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Subg. †Heterophyllia (Heterophylloides) Schindewolf 1941
Heterophyllia angulata Duncan 1868
Heterophyllia ornata McCoy 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available