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Ringsteadia (Decipia) helvetica

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Decipia helvetica was named by Geyer (1961).

It was recombined as Ringsteadia (Decipia) helvetica by Grigore and Marcu (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Decipia decipiens, Decipia girardoti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Decipia helvetica Geyer
2009Ringsteadia (Decipia) helvetica Grigore and Marcu p. 352 figs. Pl 1, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusRingsteadia
subgenusDecipia
specieshelvetica(Geyer 1961)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available