Alternative combination: Orthoceras pillae
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 Pseudorthoceras according to A. K. Miller 1933
See also Gemmellaro 1889
Sister taxa: Pseudorthoceras knoxense, Pseudorthoceras neumannae, Pseudorthoceras simense, Pseudorthoceras stonense, Mooreoceras sibumasuense, Mooreoceras australis, Mooreoceras regulare, Mooreoceras giganteum, Mooreoceras tuba, Mooreoceras zalazarensis, Mooreoceras wedingtonianum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.49
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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