Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus molli
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171
Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to O. Haas and A. K. Miller 1952
See also Douvillé 1920 and Miller 1951
Sister taxa: Deltoidonautilus arcuatus, Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis, Deltoidonautilus caheni, Deltoidonautilus cassinianus, Deltoidonautilus chudeaui, Deltoidonautilus deluci, Deltoidonautilus elliotti, Deltoidonautilus hassani, Deltoidonautilus haughti, Deltoidonautilus lemoinei, Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis, Deltoidonautilus rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi, Deltoidonautilus spathi, Deltoidonautilus togoensis, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 116.3
Distribution:
• Eocene of Senegal (3 collections), Somalia (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Niger (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (2), Niger (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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