Muriceras curviseptatum Flower 1964 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1964. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12:234 p.

Belongs to Muriceras according to R. H. Flower 1964

Sister taxa: Muriceras anomalum, Muriceras gracile, Muriceras hebetum, Muriceras micromurus, Muriceras moderatum, Muriceras murus, Muriceras obscurum

Type specimen: RHF 213, a shell. Its type locality is Threadgill Creek section (272-276 ft above base of Threadgill Mbr.), which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tanyard Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Threadgill Creek section (272-276 ft above base of Threadgill Mbr.)

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