Curtoceras abditus Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Full reference: B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova. 2017. Cephalopods from reef limestone of the Vasalemma Formation, northern Estonia (latest Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) and the establishment of a local warm-water fauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(7):1-42

Belongs to Curtoceras according to B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova 2017

Sister taxa: Curtoceras billingsi, Curtoceras eatoni, Curtoceras internastriatum, Curtoceras minganense

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vasalemma, Vasalemma Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

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