Diestoceras inaequiseptum Portlock 1843 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae

Alternative combination: Phragmoceras inaequiseptum

Belongs to Diestoceras according to D. H. Evans 1993

Sister taxa: Diestoceras acuminatum, Diestoceras anticostiense, Diestoceras approximatum, Diestoceras breviconum, Diestoceras carletonense, Diestoceras eos, Diestoceras indianense, Diestoceras isotelorum, Diestoceras lamonti, Diestoceras lavalense, Diestoceras scoticum, Diestoceras shideleri, Diestoceras sinclairi, Diestoceras stensioei, Diestoceras stormeri, Diestoceras sycon, Diestoceras waynesvillense

Type specimen: GSM 103468, a shell. Its type locality is Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy, which is in a Richmondian offshore mudstone/siltstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Killey Bridge Fm. locality 1, NE of Pomeroy

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