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Lituites

Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae

Taxonomy
Lituites was named by Bertrand (1763).

It was assigned to Lituitidae by Sweet (1958), Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Lituites Bertrand
1958Lituites Sweet
1964Lituites Teichert et al. p. 364
1981Lituites Crick p. 228
2002Lituites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderLituitidaStarobogatov 1983
familyLituitidaePhilips 1848
genusLituitesBertrand 1763

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.

G. †Lituites Bertrand 1763
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Lituites angulatus Saemann 1852
Lituites imperfectum Wahlenberg 1821
Lituites kjerulfi Brogger 1882
Lituites lituus Montfort 1808
Lituites perfectus Wahlenberg 1818
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available