Liroceras volgense Barskov and Shilovsky 2014 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Full reference: I. S. Barskov and O. P. Shilovsky. 2014. Nautiloids, in Middle Permian cephalopods of the Volga-Ural region. Paleontological Journal 48:1331-1414

Belongs to Liroceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025

See also Barskov and Shilovsky 2014

Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras choopani, Liroceras derbiense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globatum, Liroceras globosum, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras greenei, Liroceras grundense, Liroceras henryvillense, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras hyatti, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras leptum, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras lunense, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras milleri, Liroceras missouriense, Liroceras molengraaffi, Liroceras occlusor, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras patulum, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras reniforme, Liroceras reticulatum, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonense, Liroceras sarvaense, Liroceras schaelkense, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras waterloti

Type specimen: MZKK KP 1226/73, a shell. Its type locality is Kremeshki Quarry, Sovetsk, Kirov Region, which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Kazan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 55.0

Distribution: found only at Kremeshki Quarry, Sovetsk, Kirov Region

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