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Melchiorites cassidoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Haploceras cassidoides was named by Uhlig (1883).

It was recombined as Melchiorites cassidoides by Förster and Weier (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Haploceras cassidoides Uhlig p. 227 figs. Pl 16, fig 4; pl 17, fig 10
1983Melchiorites cassidoides Förster and Weier p. 59 figs. Pl 3, fig 2; text-fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusMelchioritesSpath 1923
speciescassidoides(Uhlig 1883)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available