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Helloceras

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Helloceras is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Helloceras Sepkoski
2008Helloceras Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHelloceras

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available