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Bensaidites apertus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Maenioceratidae

Taxonomy
Maenioceras apertum was named by Foord and Crick (1897).

It was recombined as Bensaidites apertus by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Maenioceras apertum Foord and Crick p. 126
2002Bensaidites apertus Korn and Klug p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaenioceratidaeBogoslovsky 1958
genusBensaidites
speciesapertus(Foord and Crick 1897)

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.

Bensaidites apertus Foord and Crick 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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