Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus mokattamensis
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 Cimomia according to B. Kummel 1956
See also Crick 1915 and Foord 1891
Sister taxa: Cimomia (Afrocimomia), Cimomia blakei, Cimomia buccinaeformis, Cimomia burtini, Cimomia camachoi, Cimomia desertora, Cimomia dessauvagiei, Cimomia elliptica, Cimomia felix, Cimomia forbesi, Cimomia galicianus, Cimomia gosavicus, Cimomia haltomi, Cimomia heberti, Cimomia hesperia, Cimomia hilarionis, Cimomia hunti, Cimomia imperialis, Cimomia intuscatenatus, Cimomia karkarensis, Cimomia kugleri, Cimomia kurkurensis, Cimomia landanensis, Cimomia leonicensis, Cimomia macfadyeni, Cimomia marylandensis, Cimomia milleri, Cimomia negritensis, Cimomia ogbei, Cimomia pernambucensis, Cimomia pusilla, Cimomia reymenti, Cimomia sahariensis, Cimomia schroederi, Cimomia seelandi, Cimomia septemcastrensis, Cimomia sowerbyana, Cimomia stoliczkai, Cimomia subrecta, Cimomia sudanensis, Cimomia tenuicosta, Cimomia tessieri, Cimomia vaughani, Cimomia vestali, Cimomia wylliei
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: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 79.0
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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