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Lewyites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras elegans was named by Moberg (1885).

It was recombined as Neocrioceras (Schlueterella) elegans by Kennedy (1986); it was recombined as Lewyites elegans by Niebuhr et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Ancyloceras elegans Moberg p. 30 figs. Pl 3, fig 10
1889Hamites phaleratus Griepenkerl p. 406 figs. Pl 44, figs 3a-l; pl 45, figs 3,4
1986Neocrioceras (Schlueterella) elegans Kennedy p. 102 figs. Pl 17, figs 3-6
2000Parasolenoceras phaleratum Arkadiev et al. p. 118 figs. Pl 12, fig 2
2001Pseudoxybeloceras phaleratum Küchler and Odin p. 520 figs. Pl 6, figs 8-10
2016Lewyites elegans Niebuhr et al. p. 218 figs. 10A,B, 11, 12, 13B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusLewyites
specieselegans(Moberg 1885)

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.

Lewyites elegans Moberg 1885
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Invalid names: Hamites phaleratus Griepenkerl 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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