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Parapassaloteuthis polita

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae

Taxonomy
Belemnites politus was named by Simpson (1866).

It was recombined as Parapassaloteuthis polita by Pinard et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Belemnites politus Simpson p. 216
2014Parapassaloteuthis polita Pinard et al. p. 172 fig. 8B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyPassaloteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusParapassaloteuthis
speciespolita(Simpson 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.

Parapassaloteuthis polita Simpson 1866
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Diagnosis
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