Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
Belongs to Aturoidea according to A. K. Miller and L. B. Carpenter 1956
See also Miller 1951
Sister taxa: Aturoidea brunlechneri, Aturoidea brunnschweileri, Aturoidea distans, Aturoidea mathewsonii, Aturoidea olssoni, Aturoidea parkinsoni, Aturoidea paucifex, Aturoidea pilsbryi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Catumbela, Benguela, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate horizon in Angola
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 200.0
Distribution: found only at Catumbela, Benguela
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