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Kleistoxyites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Kleistoxyites was named by Buckman (1922). Its type is Kleistoxyites protrusus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Strigoceras by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

It was assigned to Oppeliinae by Galácz (2015).

Species
K. protrusus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Kleistoxyites Buckman
2015Kleistoxyites Galácz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyOppeliinaeDouville 1890
genusKleistoxyitesBuckman 1922

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. †Kleistoxyites Buckman 1922
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Kleistoxyites protrusus Buckman 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available