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Mayaites maya

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites maya was named by Sowerby (1840).

It was recombined as Stephanoceras maya by Waagen (1875); it was recombined as Mayaites maya by Alberti et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites maya Sowerby
1875Stephanoceras maya Waagen p. 113
2015Mayaites maya Alberti et al. p. 91 figs. 4A, 6, 7A, 8A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusMayaites
speciesmaya(Sowerby 1840)

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.

Mayaites maya Sowerby 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available