Hercoglossa simiensis Vokes 1937 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Alternative combination: Woodringia simiensis

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1937. Nautiloid cephalopods from the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11:3-9

Belongs to Hercoglossa according to B. Kummel 1956

See also Miller 1947 and Vokes 1937

Sister taxa: Hercoglossa asiatica, Hercoglossa danica, Hercoglossa diderrichi, Hercoglossa gardnerae, Hercoglossa harrisi, Hercoglossa indica, Hercoglossa madagascariensis, Hercoglossa majungaensis, Hercoglossa maracaiboensis, Hercoglossa mcglameryae, Hercoglossa merriami, Hercoglossa orbiculata, Hercoglossa pavlowi, Hercoglossa peruviana, Hercoglossa popenoei, Hercoglossa rionegrensis, Hercoglossa romeroi, Hercoglossa splendens, Hercoglossa trichinopolitensis, Hercoglossa tuomeyi, Hercoglossa ulrichi, Hercoglossa utaturensis, Hercoglossa walteri, Hercoglossa waringi

Type specimen: UCMP 15985, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 7016, Simi Valley, Santa Susana, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 7016, Simi Valley, Santa Susana

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