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Belemnitella quadrata

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae

Taxonomy
Belemnites quadratus was named by Blainville (1827) [Often considered to be "DeFrance in de Blainville" however the wording of the OD indicates that de Blainville considered the name was his].

It was recombined as Belemnitella quadrata by von der Marck (1858); it was recombined as Gonioteuthis quadratus by Douville (1879).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. schulzi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Belemnites quadratus Blainville
1858Belemnitella quadrata von der Marck p. 260 figs. Pl 7, figs 6,7
1879Gonioteuthis quadratus Douville p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyBelemnitellidaePavlov 1914
genusBelemnitellad'Orbigny 1840
speciesquadrata()

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.

†Belemnitella quadrata Blainville 1827
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Diagnosis
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