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Witchellia ruber

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Rubrileiites ruber was named by Buckman (1926).

It was recombined as Witchellia ruber by Sandoval (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. falcata, W. sutneri, W. evoluta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Rubrileiites ruber Buckman
2022Witchellia ruber Sandoval p. 829 figs. 12E-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusWitchelliaBuckman 1889
speciesruber(Buckman 1926)

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.

†Witchellia ruber Buckman 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available