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Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) perspicuus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes perspicuus was named by Parona (1896).

It was recombined as Bajocisphinctes (Bajocisphinctes) perspicuus by Besnosov and Mitta (1993); it was recombined as Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) perspicuus by Galacz (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Perisphinctes perspicuus Parona p. 23 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1993Bajocisphinctes (Bajocisphinctes) perspicuus Besnosov and Mitta p. 108 figs. Pl 12, fig 4
2012Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) perspicuus Galacz p. 292 fig. 6.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyLeptosphinctinaeArkell 1950
genusLeptosphinctes
subgenusCleistosphinctes
speciesperspicuus(Parona 1896)

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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