Acleistoceras Hyatt 1884 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae

Parent taxon: Acleistoceratidae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphicyrtoceras, Anomeioceras, Austinoceras, Byronoceras, Chadwickoceras, Clionyssiceras, Crateroceras, Ectocyrtoceras, Euryrizoceras, Galtoceras, Grimsbyoceras, Hercocyrtoceras, Paracleistoceras, Perioidanoceras, Poteriocerina, Rhomboceras, Slocomoceras, Streptoceras, Tumidoceras, Worthenoceras, Yunnanoceras

Subtaxa: Acleistoceras albani

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Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (7: Ohio)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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