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Holmiceras

Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae

Taxonomy
Holmiceras was named by Hyatt (1894). Its type is Lituites praecurrens.

It was assigned to Lituitidae by Sweet (1958) and Teichert et al. (1964); and to Tarphyceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Sigmorthoceras was named by Kobayashi (1934). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Holmiceras by Yun (1999).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Holmiceras Hyatt
1934Sigmorthoceras Kobayashi p. 413
1958Holmiceras Sweet
1964Holmiceras Teichert et al. p. 366
2002Holmiceras 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
genusHolmicerasHyatt 1894

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. †Holmiceras Hyatt 1894
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Holmiceras coreanicum Kobayashi 1927
Holmiceras kjaerulfi Brogger 1882
Holmiceras kjerulfi Brogger 1882
Invalid names: Sigmorthoceras Kobayashi 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available