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Actinoceras anticostiense

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras anticostense was named by Billings (1857).

It was corrected as Orthoceras anticostiense by Billings (1866); it was recombined as Actinoceras anticostiense by Twenhofel (1928) and Flower (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Orthoceras anticostense Billings pp. 316-317
1866Orthoceras anticostiense Billings p. 22
1928Actinoceras anticostiense Twenhofel pp. 288 - 290
1957Actinoceras anticostiense Flower pp. 32 - 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyActinoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusActinocerasBronn 1837
speciesanticostiense(Billings 1857)

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.

Actinoceras anticostiense Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
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