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Polydesmia

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Polydesmiidae

Taxonomy
Polydesmia was named by Lorenz (1906).

It was assigned to Polydesmiidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Actinocerida by Flower (1957) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Polydesmia Lorenz
1957Polydesmia Flower
1964Polydesmia Teichert et al. p. 203
1981Polydesmia Crick p. 227
2002Polydesmia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyPolydesmiidaeKobayashi 1940
genusPolydesmiaLorenz 1906

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. †Polydesmia Lorenz 1906
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Diagnosis
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