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Peplosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Peplosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm K Ceno Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Placosmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Axosmiliidae by Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Peplosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Peplosmilia Wells
1997Peplosmilia Turnsek
2002Peplosmilia Sepkoski
2006Peplosmilia Baron-Szabo p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusPeplosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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. †Peplosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Peplosmilia austeni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905
Peplosmilia latona Felix 1903
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Invalid names: Placosmilia robusta Umbgrove 1925 [synonym]
Peplosmilia stutzi Koby 1895
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Invalid names: Peplosmilia infundibuliformis Alloiteau 1936 [synonym], Pleurosmilia hennigi Dietrich 1926 [synonym], Pleurosmilia neocomiensis Fromentel and Ferry 1861 [synonym]
Peplosmilia triasica Laube 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available