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Isculites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae

Taxonomy
Isculites was named by Mojsisovics (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-l Tr Anis-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Isculitidae.

It was assigned to Haloritidae by von Mojsisovics (1896) and Smith (1927); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isculitidae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1981) and Ji and Bucher (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Isculites Mojsisovics
1896Isculites von Mojsisovics
1907Smithoceras Diener
1916Spitisculites Diener
1927Isculites Smith
1951Alloptychites Spath p. 151
1951Isculites Spath p. 157
1951Smithoceras Spath p. 157
1981Alloptychites Tozer
1981Isculites Tozer p. 95
2002Alloptychites Sepkoski
2002Isculites Sepkoski
2018Isculites Ji and Bucher p. 628

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPtychitaceaeMojsisovics 1882
familyIsculitidae
genusIsculitesMojsisovics 1886

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. †Isculites Mojsisovics 1886
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Isculites asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1988
Isculites constrictus Bucher 1992
Isculites hauerinus Stoliczka 1865
Isculites heimi von Mojsisovics 1893
Isculites meeki Hyatt and Smith 1905
Isculites sphaericus Shevyrev 1968
Isculites tozeri Silberling and Nichols 1982
Invalid names: Alloptychites Spath 1951 [synonym], Smithoceras Diener 1907 [synonym], Spitisculites Diener 1916 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available