Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Full reference: A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234

Belongs to Aturoidea according to A. K. Miller 1947

Sister taxa: Aturoidea brunlechneri, Aturoidea brunnschweileri, Aturoidea distans, Aturoidea mathewsonii, Aturoidea parkinsoni, Aturoidea paucifex, Aturoidea pilsbryi, Aturoidea vieirai

Type specimen: SUPTC 7892, a shell. Its type locality is Negritos [Salina Fm], which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Salina Formation of Peru.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.8

Distribution: found only at Negritos [Salina Fm]

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