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Texastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Texastrea was named by Wells (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Texastrea Wells
2002Texastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Texastrea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusTexastreaWells 1973

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. †Texastrea Wells 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available