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Klipsteinia irregularis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites irregularis was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Klipsteinia irregularis by von Mojsisovics (1882).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. achebus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ceratites irregularis Münster p. 135 figs. Pl 15, fig 26
1882Klipsteinia irregularis von Mojsisovics

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyArpaditinaeHyatt 1900
genusKlipsteinia
speciesirregularis()

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.

†Klipsteinia irregularis Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available