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Glochiceras (Coryceras) hyacinthus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites hyacinthus was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R02015.

It was recombined as Glochiceras (Coryceras) hyacinthus by Ziegler (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. blaschkei, G. pamprouxense, G. vainae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites hyacinthus d'Orbigny pp. 351, No. 50
1958Glochiceras (Coryceras) hyacinthus Ziegler p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusGlochiceras
subgenusCorycerasZiegler 1958
specieshyacinthus()

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.

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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: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available