Cimomia imperialis Sowerby 1812 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Alternative combinations: Eutrephoceras imperialis, Nautilus imperialis

Synonyms: Angulithes lamarckii Deshayes 1835, Nautilus lamarckii Deshayes 1835

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1812. No. I of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 1:9-16

Belongs to Cimomia according to K. I. Schnetler and C. Heilmann-Clausen 2011

See also Deshayes 1835, Deshayes 1865, Dzik and Gazdzicki 2001, Edwards 1849, Hewitt 2002, Jeffery and Tracey 1997, Kummel 1956, Kummel 1963, Pacaud 2010 and Sowerby 1812

Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, Cimomia elliptica, Cimomia felix, Cimomia forbesi, Cimomia galicianus, Cimomia gosavicus, Cimomia haltomi, Cimomia heberti, Cimomia hesperia, Cimomia hilarionis, Cimomia hunti, Cimomia intuscatenatus, Cimomia karkarensis, Cimomia kugleri, Cimomia kurkurensis, Cimomia landanensis, Cimomia leonicensis, Cimomia macfadyeni, Cimomia marylandensis, Cimomia milleri, Cimomia mokattamensis, Cimomia negritensis, Cimomia ogbei, Cimomia pernambucensis, Cimomia pusilla, Cimomia reymenti, Cimomia sahariensis, Cimomia schroederi, Cimomia seelandi, Cimomia septemcastrensis, Cimomia sowerbyana, Cimomia stoliczkai, Cimomia subrecta, Cimomia sudanensis, Cimomia tenuicosta, Cimomia tessieri, Cimomia vaughani, Cimomia vestali, Cimomia wylliei

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Denmark (3), France (7), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (14)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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