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Hoplotropites auctus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites auctus was named by Dittmar (1866).

It was recombined as Hoplotropites auctus by Krystyn (1982) and Tozer (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ammonites auctus Dittmar p. 367
1893Margarites subauctus Mojsisovics p. 305 figs. Pl 195, fig 17
1906Margarites sushena Diener p. 140 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1982Hoplotropites auctus Krystyn p. 32 figs. Pl 6, fig 2
1994Hoplotropites auctus Tozer p. 220 figs. Pl 97, figs 10-18; pl 98, figs 10a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusHoplotropitesSpath 1929
speciesauctus(Dittmar 1866)

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.

†Hoplotropites auctus Dittmar 1866
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Invalid names: Margarites subauctus Mojsisovics 1893 [synonym], Margarites sushena Diener 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available