Cassinoceras wortheni Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae

Alternative combinations: Cassinoceras explanator, Piloceras explanator, Piloceras wortheni

Belongs to Cassinoceras according to D.H. Evans 2011

See also Kröger and Landing 2009 and Ulrich et al. 1943

Sister taxa: Cassinoceras amplum, Cassinoceras magister, Cassinoceras triton

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: New York, Vermont)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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