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Nefophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Nefophyllia was named by Wells (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 1270]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Meandrininae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Nefophyllia Wells
1956Nefophyllia Wells
2002Nefophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusNefophylliaWells 1937

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. †Nefophyllia Wells 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available