Clelandoceras rarum 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 Clelandoceras according to R. H. Flower 1964

Sister taxon: Clelandoceras elongatum

Type specimen: RHF 813, a shell. Its type locality is McKelligon Canyon, which is in a Cassinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Scenic Drive Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at McKelligon Canyon

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