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Cymatoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cymatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cymatoceratidae was named by Spath (1927).

It was reranked as the subfamily Cymatoceratinae by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

It was assigned to Nautilitaceae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Nautilidae by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983); and to Nautilaceae by Sundberg (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cymatoceratidae Spath
1964Cymatoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 452
1983Cymatoceratinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 110
1984Cymatoceratidae Sundberg p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCymatoceratidaeSpath 1927
familyCymatoceratidaeSpath 1927

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.

Fm. †Cymatoceratidae Spath 1927
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G. †Cymatonautilus Spath 1927
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G. †Neocymatoceras Kobayashi 1954
G. †Procymatoceras Spath 1927
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G. †Syrionautilus Spath 1927
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Syrionautilus libanoticus Foord and Crick 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available