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Muensterella

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Muensterellidae

Taxonomy
Muensterella was named by Schevill (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 307]. It is the type genus of Muensterellidae, Muensterelloidea.

It was assigned to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muensterellidae by Fuchs et al. (2003) and Fuchs et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Kelaeno Munster
1859Celaeno Wagner p. 276
1942Celaeno Kretzoi p. 134
1950Muensterella Schevill
2002Kelaeno Sepkoski
2002Muensterella Sepkoski
2003Muensterella Fuchs et al. p. 102
2019Muensterella Fuchs et al. p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
superfamilyMuensterelloideaRoger 1952
familyMuensterellidaeRoger 1952
genusMuensterellaSchevill 1950

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. †Muensterella Schevill 1950
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Muensterella jillae Fuchs et al. 2019
Muensterella scutellaris Muenster 1842
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Invalid names: Kelaeno arquata Münster 1842 [synonym]
Muensterella spinosa Fuchs et al. 2019
Invalid names: Kelaeno Munster 1842 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available