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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Aptychotrema

Species: A. rostrata – A. timorensis – A. vincentiana
Name

Aptychotrema Norman, 1926

Type species: Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) bougainvillii Müller & Henle, 1841

References

Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page.
Norman, J.R. 1926. A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926(4): 941–982. Reference page.

Aptychotrema is a genus of guitarfish, belonging to the family Rhinobatidae. They are found around Australia.
Species

There are three living species,[1] and one extinct species only known from fossil remains of Cenomanian age.[2]

†Aptychotrema massoniae Bernardez, 2002
Aptychotrema rostrata Shaw, 1794 (Eastern shovelnose ray or Short-snouted shovelnose ray) - synonym: Aptychotrema bougainvillii J. P. Müller & Henle, 841
Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004 (Spotted shovelnose ray)
Aptychotrema vincentiana Haacke, 1885 (Western shovelnose ray)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Aptychotrema in FishBase. March 2018 version.
Bernárdez, E. (2002). Los dientes de seláceos del Cretácico de la depresión central asturiana. Univ. d'Oviedo: 1–476.

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