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Hexaphyllia

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae

Taxonomy
Hexaphyllia was named by Shtukenberg (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hexaphyllia Shtukenberg
1981Hexaphyllia Hill
2002Hexaphyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 1873
genusHexaphylliaShtukenberg 1904

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. †Hexaphyllia Shtukenberg 1904
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Hexaphyllia ayzenvergi Weyer and Polyakova 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available