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Shikhanitidae (disused)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Shikhanitidae

Taxonomy
Shikhanitidae was named by Ruzhencev (1951).

It was assigned to Pronoritaceae by Leonova (2002); and to Medlicottiaceae by Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Shikhanitidae Ruzhencev
2002Shikhanitidae Leonova
2006Shikhanitidae Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyShikhanitidaeRuzhencev 1951
familyShikhanitidaeRuzhencev 1951

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.

Fm. †Shikhanitidae Ruzhencev 1951
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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 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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