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Lophoceras pentagonum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus pentagonus was named by Sowerby (1819).

It was recombined as Lophoceras pentagonum by Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Nautilus pentagonus Sowerby p. 89 figs. Pl 249, fig 1
1967Lophoceras pentagonum Shimanskiy p. 128 figs. Pl 15, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusLophocerasHyatt 1893
speciespentagonum(Sowerby 1819)

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.

Lophoceras pentagonum Sowerby 1819
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Diagnosis
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