Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus saxbii

Synonyms: Heminautilus tejeriensis Martínez and Grauges 2006, Nautilus verneuilli Vilanova y Piera 1870

Full reference: J. Morris. 1848. Description of a new species of Nautilus from the Lower Greensand of the Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 1:106-107

Belongs to Heminautilus according to C. Baudouin et al. 2016

See also Conte 1980, Conte 2010, Kummel 1956, Martínez and Grauges 2006, Morris 1848 and Vilanova y Piera 1870

Sister taxa: Heminautilus boselliorum, Heminautilus etheringtoni, Heminautilus japonicus, Heminautilus lallierianus, Heminautilus rangei, Heminautilus sanctaecrucis, Heminautilus stantoni, Heminautilus tyosiensis

Type specimens:

• Heminautilus saxbii: BMNH C.47019, a shell. Its type locality is Atherfield, lowest bed of Crackers, which is in an Aptian marine siliciclastic in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Heminautilus tejeriensis: PUAB 48292, a shell. Its type locality is La Tejería de Josa (PUAB collection), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Margas del Forcall Formation of Spain.
• Nautilus verneuilli: Its type locality is La Tejería de Josa (Vilanova collection), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Margas del Forcall Formation of Spain.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 116.1

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