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Spitidiscus rotula

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites rotula was named by Sowerby (1827). It is the type species of Spitidiscus.

It was recombined as Spitidiscus rotula by Reboulet (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Ammonites rotula Sowerby
1996Spitidiscus rotula Reboulet p. 160 figs. Pl 32, figs 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyHolcodiscidaeSpath 1924
subfamilySpitidiscinaeVermeulen and Thieuloy 1999
genusSpitidiscusKilian 1910
speciesrotula(Sowerby 1827)

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.

Spitidiscus rotula Sowerby 1827
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Diagnosis
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