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Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsosmilia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant , K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 818]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) by Gabb (1864).

It was assigned to Trochosmilia by Gabb (1864); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ellipsosmilia d'Orbigny
1864Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) Gabb p. 208
2002Ellipsosmilia Sepkoski
2008Ellipsosmilia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusTrochosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
subgenusEllipsosmilia(d'Orbigny 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.

Subg. †Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) d'Orbigny 1849
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Ellipsosmilia circumvelata Quenstedt 1852
Ellipsosmilia rugosa Milaschewitsch 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available