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Ophionautilus burtonensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus burtonensis was named by Foord and Crick (1890). It is the type species of Ophionautilus.

It was recombined as Cenoceras burtonensis by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Ophionautilus burtonensis by Tinant (1987) and Rulleau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Nautilus burtonensis Foord and Crick p. 288 fig. 17
1956Cenoceras burtonensis Kummel p. 371 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1987Ophionautilus burtonensis Tinant p. 84 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 5, fig 3; text-fig 10
2008Ophionautilus burtonensis Rulleau p. 61 figs. Pl 33, fig 1; text-fig 9/11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusOphionautilus
speciesburtonensis(Foord and Crick 1890)

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.

Ophionautilus burtonensis Foord and Crick 1890
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Diagnosis
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