Grioceras pelagicum Gemmellaro 1887

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Alternative combination: Stacheoceras pelagicum

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1887. La Fauna dei Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc. 1 - Ammonoidea. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 19:1-106

Belongs to Grioceras according to T. B. Leonova 2018

See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Gemmellaro 1887 and Leonova 2002

Sister taxa: Grioceras benedictinum, Grioceras burnense, Grioceras diblasii, Grioceras globosum, Grioceras grunewaldti, Grioceras longilobatum, Grioceras multidentatum, Grioceras perspectivum, Grioceras saundersi, Grioceras shuangyangense, Grioceras skinneri, Grioceras tauricum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Roccapalumba, Torto River, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.0

Distribution: found only at Roccapalumba, Torto River

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