Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Cenoceras zitteli, Nautilus zitteli
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1886. Sui Dogger inferiore di Monte San Giuliano (Erice). Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo 17:197-213
Belongs to Ophionautilus according to H. Tinant 1987
See also Gemmellaro 1886, Kummel 1956 and Tagliarini 1901
Sister taxa: Ophionautilus burtonensis, Ophionautilus catonis, Ophionautilus schwalmi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fontana Difali, Monte Erice (Gemmellaro collection), which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fontana Difali, Monte Erice (Gemmellaro collection)
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