Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Full reference: O. Haas and A. K. Miller. 1952. Eocene Nautiloids of British Somaliland. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(5):319-354

Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to O. Haas and A. K. Miller 1952

Sister taxa: Deltoidonautilus arcuatus, Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis, Deltoidonautilus caheni, Deltoidonautilus cassinianus, Deltoidonautilus chudeaui, Deltoidonautilus deluci, Deltoidonautilus elliotti, Deltoidonautilus hassani, Deltoidonautilus haughti, Deltoidonautilus lemoinei, Deltoidonautilus molli, Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis, Deltoidonautilus rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi, Deltoidonautilus togoensis, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi

Type specimen: Sedgk. Mus. C 12066, a shell.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 230.0

Distribution: found only at "Nautilus beds", Biyo Gora section (Eocene of Somalia)

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