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| A fossil of the Comophyllia elegans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | † Latomeandridae |
| Genus: | † Comophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 [1] |
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