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Delphinella delphinense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites delphinensis was named by Kilian (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Delphinella.

It was recombined as Delphinella delphinensis by Arkadiev and Bogdanova (2005); it was recombined as Delphinella delphinense by Frau et al. (2016) and Vašíček et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Hoplites delphinensis Kilian p. 662 fig. 1
1939Berriasella garnieri Mazenot p. 69 figs. Pl 6, figs 13a-c
2005Delphinella delphinensis Arkadiev and Bogdanova p. 494 figs. Pl 6, fig 5
2016Delphinella delphinense Frau et al. p. 193 figs. 3K-O
2023Delphinella delphinense Vašíček et al. p. 11 fig. 4K,L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusDelphinellaLe Hegarat 1973
speciesdelphinense(Kilian 1899)

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.

Delphinella delphinense Kilian 1899
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Invalid names: Berriasella garnieri Mazenot 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available