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Oppelia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oppelia was named as a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites subradiatus. It is the type genus of Oppeliidae.

It was reranked as Ammonites (Oppelia) by Favre (1877).

It was assigned to Ammonites by Favre (1877); to Oppeliinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Oppeliidae by Sandoval and Westermann (1986) and Besnosov and Mitta (1993); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ammonites (Oppelia) Favre
1924Flexoxyites Buckman
1957Oppelia Arkell et al. p. 275
1986Oppelia Sandoval and Westermann p. 1232
1993Oppelia Besnosov and Mitta p. 34
2002Oppelia Sepkoski

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

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. †Oppelia
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Subg. †Oppelia (Oppelia) Waagen 1869
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Oppelia (Oppelia) flexa Buckman 1924
Oppelia (Oppelia) subradiata d'Orbigny 1823
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Invalid names: Harpoceras stevensoni Gregorio 1886 [synonym], Oppelia propefusca Gregorio 1886 [synonym]
Subg. †Oppelia (Trimarginites) Rollier 1909
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Oppelia (Trimarginites) waterhousei Morris and Lycett 1850
Oppelia audax Oppel 1863
Oppelia glabella Leckenby 1859
Oppelia haeberleini Oppel 1863
Oppelia kachhensis Waagen 1875
Oppelia karreri Neumayr 1873
Oppelia mamertensis Waagen 1869
Oppelia nurrhaensis Waagen 1871
Oppelia orientalis d'Orbigny 1850
Oppelia plana Waagen 1875
Invalid names: Flexoxyites Buckman 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available