PaleoDB taxon number: 15299
Alternative spelling: Oppelia (Oxycerites)
Synonyms: Limoxyites Westermann 1958 (no. 356342), Mesoxyites Westermann 1958 (no. 356344), Otoxyites Westermann 1958 (no. 356346), Oxycerites (Limoxyites) Westermann 1958 (no. 356341), Oxycerites (Mesoxyites) Westermann 1958 (no. 356343), Oxycerites (Otoxyites) Westermann 1958 (no. 356345), Oxycerites (Pleuroxyites) Buckman 1924 (no. 356347), Pleuroxyites Buckman 1924 (no. 356340)
Parent taxon: Oppeliidae according to A. Galácz 2019
Sister taxa: Aconeceratinae, Bonarelliinae, Bukowskites, Cieneguiticeras, Distichoceratinae, Glochiceras, Glochiceratinae, Hecticoceratinae, Mazapilitinae, Naramoceras, Ochetoceratinae, Oppelia, Oppeliinae, Paroecotraustes, Paroxycerites, Pasottia, Prohecticoceras, Streblitinae, Taramelliceratinae
Subtaxa: Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana, Oxycerites (Alcidellus), Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Oxycerites aspidoides, Oxycerites hersilia, Oxycerites orbis, Oxycerites oxus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore