Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) exiguum Crick 1898 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Cenoceras exiguus, Nautilus exiguus

Full reference: G. C. Crick. 1898. Descriptions of new or imperfectly known species of Nautilus from the Inferior Oolite, preserved in the British Museum (Natural History). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3:117-139

Belongs to Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) according to H. Tinant 1987

See also Crick 1898 and Kummel 1956

Sister taxa: Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) dhrumaense, Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) lutatii, Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) saoudense

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.5

Distribution: found only at Bradford Abbas, Hyperlioceras bed (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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