Sphenotrochus
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| Sphenotrochus | |
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| Sphenotrochus (Spenotrochus) hancocki | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Turbinoliidae |
| Genus: | Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 |
Sphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae,[1][2] and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime.[3][4]
The type species is the extinct Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) †[3]
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