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Sphaerophthalmus modestus

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Ctenopyge (Eoctenopyge) modestus was named by Henningsmoen (1957).

It was recombined as Sphaerophthalmus modestus by Henningsmoen (1957) and Høyberget and Bruton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Sphaerophthalmus modestus Henningsmoen
2012Sphaerophthalmus modestus Høyberget and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyLeptoplastinaeAngelin 1854
genusSphaerophthalmusAngelin 1854
speciesmodestus(Henningsmoen 1957)

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.

†Sphaerophthalmus modestus Henningsmoen 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available