Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae

Alternative combination: Orthoceras paternoi

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Sicilioceras according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1954

See also Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.0

Distribution: found only at Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio

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