Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus (Hercoglossa) cassinianus
Full reference: A. H. Foord and G. C. Crick. 1890. On some new and imperfectly-defined species of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary Nautili contained in the British Museum (Natural History). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 6:388-409
Belongs to Angulithes according to B. Kummel 1956
See also Foord and Crick 1890
Sister taxa: Angulithes aegyptiacus, Angulithes calvimontensis, Angulithes disculus, Angulithes eliotti, Angulithes fleuriausianus, Angulithes galea, Angulithes mermeti, Angulithes monqarensis, Angulithes rugatus, Angulithes vascogoticus, Angulithes westphalicus
Type specimen: BMNH 71003, a shell
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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