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Aturia kerniana

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia kerniana was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925). Its type specimen is CAS 881, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 711, Grapevine Canyon, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the Tejon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ziezae, A. laticlava

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Aturia kerniana Anderson and Hanna p. 49 figs. Pl 6, fig 8; text-figs 1,2
1931Aturia kerniana Schenck p. 456 figs. pl. 66, fig. 3; test figs. 4-14, 28
1947Aturia kerniana Miller p. 98 figs. pl. 85, figs. 7,8; pl. 88, fig. 4; pl. 89, figs. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
specieskerniana

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.

†Aturia kerniana Anderson and Hanna 1925
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Diagnosis
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