Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus 1758 (pearly nautilus)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Nautilus according to R. Wani et al. 2008

See also Miller 1947, Toriyama et al. 1965 and Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Nautilus (Discites), Nautilus (Discus), Nautilus altifrons, Nautilus alumnus, Nautilus angustatus, Nautilus averilli, Nautilus balcombensis, Nautilus bambanagensis, Nautilus butonensis, Nautilus calciferus, Nautilus campbelli, Nautilus cancellatus, Nautilus carolinus, Nautilus cookana, Nautilus decurrens, Nautilus dolerus, Nautilus gabbi, Nautilus geelongensis, Nautilus inequalis, Nautilus izumoensis, Nautilus javanus, Nautilus longobardicus, Nautilus macromphalus, Nautilus modestus, Nautilus occidentalis, Nautilus palladii, Nautilus polyplocus, Nautilus praepompilius, Nautilus propinquus, Nautilus repertus, Nautilus reticulatus, Nautilus scrobiculatus, Nautilus sphaericus, Nautilus stenomphalus, Nautilus subbiangulatus, Nautilus subcarolinus, Nautilus taiwanus, Nautilus texanus, Nautilus tintoretti, Nautilus triangularis, Nautilus tubercularis, Nautilus winslowi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 160.5

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Indonesia (3), Japan (7), New Zealand (2), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (2)

• Miocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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