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Lampetra

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Petromyzontidae

Taxonomy
Lampetra was named by Gray (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Petromyzonidae by Jordan (1963); and to Lampetrinae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Lampetra Gray p. 249
1963Lampetra Jordan p. 583
2016Lampetra Nelson et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyPetromyzontidae
subfamilyLampetrinae
genusLampetraGray 1851

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.

G. Lampetra Gray 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available