Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites soma
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) according to W. J. Kennedy and R. A. Henderson 1992
See also Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: Neodesmoceras catarinae, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) mokotibensis, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) obsoletiformis, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps
Type specimen: BMNH C51039, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.5
Distribution: found only at Pondicherry (Cretaceous of India)
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