Leniceras ovale Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Full reference: T. B. Leonova and A. Y. Shchedukhin. 2020. Asselian-Sakmarian nautiloids of the Shakh-Tau Reef (Bashkortostan). Paleontological Journal 54:1113-1134

Belongs to Leniceras according to T. B. Leonova and A. Y. Shchedukhin 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5668/41, a shell. Its type locality is Shakh-Tau Shikhan, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.8

Distribution: found only at Shakh-Tau Shikhan

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