†Lituites Bertrand 1763 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae
Parent taxon: Lituitidae according to R. E. Crick 1981
See also Sepkoski 2002, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Ancistroceras, Angelinoceras, Bodoceras, Cyclolituites, Holmiceras, Trilacinoceras
Subtaxa: Lituites angulatus Lituites imperfectum Lituites kjerulfi Lituites lituus Lituites perfectus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Uhaku of Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (17), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), Lithuania (2), Norway (8), Sweden (9)
Total: 44 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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