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Asteroceras stellare

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites stellaris was named by Sowerby (1815).

It was recombined as Asteroceras stellare by Hollingworth et al. (1990) and Corna and Dommergues (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ammonites stellaris Sowerby
1843Ammonites stellaris d'Orbigny p. 47
1990Asteroceras stellare Hollingworth et al. figs. Pl 1, figs 12,13
1995Asteroceras stellare Corna and Dommergues

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusAsterocerasHyatt 1867
speciesstellare()

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.

Asteroceras stellare Sowerby 1815
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available