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Xenoceltites spencei

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Taxonomy
Ophiceras spencei was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905).

It was recombined as Xenoceltites spencei by Kummel (1969), Guex et al. (2010) and Jenks et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Ophiceras spencei Hyatt and Smith p. 119 figs. Pl 62, figs 1-10
1969Xenoceltites spencei Kummel p. 376 figs. Pl 48, figs 5-9; pl 52, figs 1-7; text-figs 7,8
2010Xenoceltites spencei Guex et al. p. 75 figs. Pl 41, figs 4,5; pl 42, figs 1-4; pl 43, figs 1-3; pl 59, fig 3
2013Xenoceltites spencei Jenks et al. p. 282 figs. 9R-U

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenoceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusXenoceltitesSpath 1930
speciesspencei()

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.

Xenoceltites spencei Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
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