Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus (Hercoglossa) aegyptiacus
Full reference: A. H. Foord. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part II. Containing the Remainder of the Suborder Nautiloidea, Consisting of the Families Lituitidae, Trochoceratidae, and Nautilidae, with a Supplement 1-407
Belongs to Angulithes according to B. Kummel 1956
See also Foord 1891
Sister taxa: Angulithes calvimontensis, Angulithes cassinianus, Angulithes disculus, Angulithes eliotti, Angulithes fleuriausianus, Angulithes galea, Angulithes mermeti, Angulithes monqarensis, Angulithes rugatus, Angulithes vascogoticus, Angulithes westphalicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokattam escarpment, which is in a Lutetian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mokattam escarpment
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