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Discoceras arctuatum

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Taxonomy
Discoceras arctuatum was named by Lossen (1860).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. canadense, D. kazakhstanensis, D. chyrsanthimum, D. laeviventrum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Discoceras arctuatum Lossen
1958Discoceras arctuatum Sweet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTrocholitidaeChapman 1857
genusDiscocerasBarrande 1867
speciesarctuatumLossen 1860

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.

†Discoceras arctuatum Lossen 1860
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Diagnosis
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