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Valdedorsella falcistriata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras falcistriatum was named by Anthula (1899).

It was recombined as Melchiorites falcistriatus by Besairie and Collignon (1972); it was recombined as Valdedorsella falcistriata by Förster (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Desmoceras falcistriatum Anthula p. 103 figs. Pl 8, figs 2a-c
1962Valdedorsella nunesi Henriques da Silva p. 22 figs. Pl 8, figs 4-6
1972Melchiorites falcistriatus Besairie and Collignon
1975Valdedorsella falcistriata Förster p. 210 figs. Pl 10, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusValdedorsellaBreistroffer 1947
speciesfalcistriata(Anthula 1899)

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.

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Invalid names: Valdedorsella nunesi Henriques da Silva 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available