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Knightites multicornutus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Knightites multicornutus was named by Moore (1941). Its type specimen is KU 32693, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton, which is in a Virgilian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus by Knight et al. (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Knightites multicornutus Moore pp. 153 - 156 figs. pl. 3 f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5a-b, 6a-d, 7, 8a-c, 9, 10a-b; txt. f. 5A-B
1960Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus Knight et al. pp. I184 fig. 103.2
2023Knightites multicornutus Wagner p. S7140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusKnightites
speciesmulticornutus

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.

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Diagnosis
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