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Oxycerites orbis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites orbis was named by Giebel (1852).

It was recombined as Oxycerites (Oxycerites) orbis by Zatoń (2010); it was recombined as Oxycerites orbis by Dietze and Hostettler (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Ammonites orbis Giebel
1967Oxycerites oppeli Elmi
2010Oxycerites (Oxycerites) orbis Zatoń p. 85 figs. Pl 4, figs F-I
2016Oxycerites orbis Dietze and Hostettler fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOxycerites
speciesorbis(Giebel 1852)

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.

Oxycerites orbis Giebel 1852
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Invalid names: Oxycerites oppeli Elmi 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available