Vestinautilus kesslerae Korn and Klug 2023 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Full reference: D. Korn and C. Klug. 2023. Early Carboniferous coiled nautiloids from the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 885:156-194

Belongs to Vestinautilus according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2023

Sister taxa: Vestinautilus altidorsalis, Vestinautilus biangulatus, Vestinautilus cariniferus, Vestinautilus concinnus, Vestinautilus formosus, Vestinautilus koninckii, Vestinautilus multicarinatus, Vestinautilus padus, Vestinautilus paucicarinatus, Vestinautilus pinguis, Vestinautilus semiglaber, Vestinautilus semiplicatus

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.31287, a shell. Its type locality is South-east of Gara el Itima, 31.5 km east-northeast of Taouz, which is in an Asbian marine horizon in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.2

Distribution: found only at South-east of Gara el Itima, 31.5 km east-northeast of Taouz

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