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Spathites (Spathites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Spathites (Spathites) Kummel and Decker
1960Neoptychites (Spathitoides) Wiedmann p. 754
1994Spathites (Spathites) Kennedy p. 258
1996Spathites (Spathites) Wright et al. p. 173
2007Spathites (Spathites) Barroso-Barcenilla p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusSpathitesKummel and Decker 1954
subgenusSpathitesKummel and Decker 1954

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.

Subg. †Spathites (Spathites) Kummel and Decker 1954
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Invalid names: Pseudotissotia kellyi Jones 1938 [synonym], Spathites chispaensis Kummel and Decker 1954 [synonym]
Spathites (Spathites) laevis Karrenberg 1935
Invalid names: Neoptychites (Spathitoides) Wiedmann 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Very involute; body chamber almost smooth, with whorl section subquadrate and venter broad.