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Defrancia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Defrancia was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Chevalier (1961); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Defrancia Alloiteau
1961Defrancia Chevalier
2002Defrancia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusDefranciaAlloiteau 1957

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. †Defrancia Alloiteau 1957
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Defrancia irregularis Defrance 1826
Defrancia tamarisensis Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available