Orthoceras turritellum Abich 1878 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: H. Abich. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. I Theil. Eine Bergkalkfauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien 1-126

Belongs to Orthoceras according to H. Abich 1878

Sister taxa: Orthoceras annulata, Orthoceras bisignatum, Orthoceras burgense, Orthoceras decrescens, Orthoceras dominans, Orthoceras elegantulum, Orthoceras eurekensis, Orthoceras expansum, Orthoceras fluminense, Orthoceras geinitzi, Orthoceras gradatum, Orthoceras hulli, Orthoceras kingii, Orthoceras lentum, Orthoceras lepton, Orthoceras luhai, Orthoceras margaritatum, Orthoceras modestum, Orthoceras oehlerti, Orthoceras orientale, Orthoceras progressum, Orthoceras punjabiense, Orthoceras rachidium, Orthoceras randolphensis, Orthoceras siculum, Orthoceras spissiseptum, Orthoceras submoniliforme, Orthoceras subtriangulare, Orthoceras transversum, Orthoceras vagum, Orthoceras vesiculosum, Orthoceras waageni, Orthoceratites, Orthoceros regularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Araxes Gorge

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