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Gastrioceras melvillensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras melvillensis was named by Nassichuk (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. cancellatum, G. coronatum, G. crenulatum, G. cumbriense, G. subcrenatum, G. grileyi
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-06-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Gastrioceras melvillensis Nassichuk p. 129 figs. Pl 13, figs 5,8,10,12; text-fig 47B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
—Life
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGastrioceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusGastriocerasHyatt 1884
speciesmelvillensis

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.

†Gastrioceras melvillensis Nassichuk 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available