Liroceras leitrimense Ramsbottom and Moore 1961 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Full reference: W. H. C. Ramsbottom and E. W. J. Moore. 1961. Coiled nautiloids from the Viséan of Ireland. Geological Journal 2:630-644

Belongs to Liroceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025

See also Ramsbottom and Moore 1961

Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras choopani, Liroceras derbiense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globatum, Liroceras globosum, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras greenei, Liroceras grundense, Liroceras henryvillense, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras hyatti, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leptum, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras lunense, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras milleri, Liroceras missouriense, Liroceras molengraaffi, Liroceras occlusor, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras patulum, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras reniforme, Liroceras reticulatum, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonense, Liroceras sarvaense, Liroceras schaelkense, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti

Type specimen: BGS Z1 7397, a shell. Its type locality is Locality B9, stream southwest of Kiltyclogher, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in Ireland.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality B9, stream southwest of Kiltyclogher

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