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Wellsotrochus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Wellsotrochus was named by Squires (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Turbinoliidae by Cairns (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Wellsotrochus Squires
1972Kangiliacyathus Floris p. 66
1994Levicyathus Filkorn
1997Levicyathus Cairns
1997Wellsotrochus Cairns
2002Kangilacuathus Sepkoski
2002Kngilacathus Sepkoski
2002Levicyathus Sepkoski
2002Wellsotrochus Sepkoski
2004Kangiliacyathus Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusWellsotrochusSquires 1960

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. †Wellsotrochus Squires 1960
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Invalid names: Kangiliacyathus groenlandicus Floris 1972 [synonym], Levicyathus cairnsi Filkorn 1994 [synonym], Wellsotrochus conicus Squires 1962 [synonym]
Wellsotrochus discus Squires 1962
Invalid names: Kangiliacyathus Floris 1972 [synonym], Levicyathus Filkorn 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available