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Cuspiteuthis acuaria

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy
Belemnites acuarius was named by von Schlotheim (1820). It is the type species of Cuspiteuthis.

It was recombined as Cuspiteuthis acuaria by Pinard et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Belemnites acuarius von Schlotheim p. 46
1998Youngibelus ohmdenensis Schlegelmilch p. 63 figs. Pl 8, figs 10,11
2014Cuspiteuthis acuaria Pinard et al. p. 169 fig. 8A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusCuspiteuthisAbel 1916
speciesacuaria(von Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Cuspiteuthis acuaria von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Youngibelus ohmdenensis Schlegelmilch 1998 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available