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 I. S. Barskov and O. P. Shilovsky 2014

Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras missouriensis, Liroceras molengraafi, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonensis, 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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