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Belemnitella

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae

Taxonomy
Belemnitella was named by d'Orbigny (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 309,993]. It is the type genus of Belemnitellidae.

It was assigned to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Belemnitellidae by Christensen (1998) and Larson (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Belemnitella d'Orbigny
1998Belemnitella Christensen pp. 13 - 14
2002Belemnitella Sepkoski
2010Belemnitella Larson p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyBelemnitellidaePavlov 1914
genusBelemnitellad'Orbigny 1840

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. †Belemnitella d'Orbigny 1840
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Belemnitella bulbosa Meek and Hayden 1856
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813
Belemnitella propinqua Moberg 1885
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Invalid names: Actinocamax propinquus Moberg 1885 [objective synonym]
Belemnitella quadrata Blainville 1827
Belemnitella vera Miller 1823
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available