Pleuronautilus ampezzanus Loretz 1875 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pleuronautilidae

Alternative combinations: Anoploceras ampezzanus, Nautilus ampezzanus

Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to E. von Mojsisovics 1882

See also Hyatt 1900

Sister taxa: Pleuronautilus alaskensis, Pleuronautilus ambiguus, Pleuronautilus changxingensis, Pleuronautilus chisatoi, Pleuronautilus cooperi, Pleuronautilus cornaliae, Pleuronautilus crassescens, Pleuronautilus distinctus, Pleuronautilus esinensis, Pleuronautilus furcatus, Pleuronautilus gaudryi, Pleuronautilus gregarius, Pleuronautilus latissimus, Pleuronautilus lepsiusi, Pleuronautilus linchengense, Pleuronautilus loczyi, Pleuronautilus magnicostatus, Pleuronautilus magnus, Pleuronautilus marmolatae, Pleuronautilus megaporus, Pleuronautilus mosis, Pleuronautilus multicostatus, Pleuronautilus mutatus, Pleuronautilus narcissae, Pleuronautilus oenanus, Pleuronautilus ornatus, Pleuronautilus pichleri, Pleuronautilus praecursor, Pleuronautilus ptychoides, Pleuronautilus qinghaianus, Pleuronautilus russkiensis, Pleuronautilus scabiosus, Pleuronautilus seminodosus, Pleuronautilus shumardianus, Pleuronautilus stautei, Pleuronautilus subgemmatus, Pleuronautilus sumatrensis, Pleuronautilus tibeticus, Pleuronautilus trinodosus, Pleuronautilus tschichatscheffi, Pleuronautilus venustus, Pleuronautilus yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tofana di Mezzo, Cortina d'Ampezzo, which is in a Carnian marine sandstone in the Raibl Formation of Italy

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tofana di Mezzo, Cortina d'Ampezzo

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