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Ceratites ("Horn Stone") is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod. These nektonic carnivores lived in marine habitats in what is now Europe, Asia, and North America, during the Triassic, from Anisian to Ladinian age. [1]
Description[edit]
This ammonite has a ceratitic suture pattern on its shell (smooth lobes and frilly saddles). Evolution of the frilly saddles is thought to be due to increased pressure on the shell, at greater depth. The frilly pattern would increase the strength of the shell and allow Ceratites to dive deeper, possibly in search of food.[citation needed]
Distribution[edit]
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and United States. [2]
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Ceratitis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species. One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.
The genus contains several subgenera:
- Acropteromma
- Ceratalaspis
- Ceratitis
- Hoplolophomyia
- Pardalaspis
- Pterandrus
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Species[edit]
Subgenus Acropteromma[edit]
- Ceratitis munroana (Bezzi)
Subgenus Ceratalaspis[edit]
- Ceratitis aliena (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis andranotobaka Hancock
- Ceratitis antistictica Bezzi
- Ceratitis argenteobrunnea Munro
- Ceratitis brucei Munro
- Ceratitis connexa (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis contramedia (Munro)
- Ceratitis cosyra (Walker)
- Ceratitis discussa Munro
- Ceratitis divaricata (Munro)
- Ceratitis dumeti Munro
- Ceratitis epixantha (Hering)
- Ceratitis grahami Munro
- Ceratitis guttiformis Munro
- Ceratitis hancocki De Meyer
- Ceratitis lentigera Munro
- Ceratitis lineata (Hering)
- Ceratitis lunata Munro
- Ceratitis marriotti Munro
- Ceratitis mlimaensis De Meyer
- Ceratitis morstatti Bezzi
- Ceratitis nana Munro
- Ceratitis neostictica De Meyer
- Ceratitis ovalis Munro
- Ceratitis paradumeti De Meyer
- Ceratitis quinaria (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis scaevolae (Munro)
- Ceratitis silvestrii Bezzi
- Ceratitis simi Munro
- Ceratitis stictica Bezzi
- Ceratitis striatella (Munro)
- Ceratitis sucini De Meyer
- Ceratitis turneri (Munro)
- Ceratitis venusta (Munro)
Subgenus Ceratitis[edit]
- Ceratitis brachychaeta Freidberg
- Ceratitis caetrata Munro
- Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
- Ceratitis catoirii Guérin-Méneville
- Ceratitis cornuta (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis malgassa Munro
- Ceratitis manjakatompo Hancock
- Ceratitis pinax Munro
Subgenus Hoplolophomyia[edit]
- Ceratitis cristata (Bezzi)
Subgenus Pardalaspis[edit]
- Ceratitis bremii Guérin-Méneville
- Ceratitis cuthbertsoni (Munro)
- Ceratitis ditissima (Munro)
- Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)
- Ceratitis hamata De Meyer
- Ceratitis munroi De Meyer
- Ceratitis punctata (Wiedemann)
- Ceratitis semipunctata De Meyer
- Ceratitis serrata De Meyer
- Ceratitis zairensis De Meyer
Subgenus Pterandrus[edit]
- Ceratitis acicularis (Munro)
- Ceratitis anonae Graham
- Ceratitis bicincta Enderlein
- Ceratitis chirinda (Hancock)
- Ceratitis colae Silvestri
- Ceratitis curvata (Munro)
- Ceratitis faceta Enderlein
- Ceratitis flexuosa (Walker)
- Ceratitis fulicoides (Munro)
- Ceratitis gravinotata (Munro)
- Ceratitis inauratipes (Munro)
- Ceratitis lepida (Munro)
- Ceratitis lobata Munro
- Ceratitis melanopus (Hering)
- Ceratitis pedestris (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis penicillata (Bigot)
- Ceratitis pinnatifemur Enderlein
- Ceratitis podocarpi (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis querita (Munro)
- Ceratitis rosa Karsch
- Ceratitis roubaudi (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis rubivora (Coquillett)
- Ceratitis tananarivana Hancock
- Ceratitis tripteris (Munro)
Subgenus unknown[edit]
- Ceratitis fasciventris (Bezzi)
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