Protobactrites styloideum Barrande 1874 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Alternative combination: Orthoceras styloideum

Full reference: J. Barrande. 1874. Système Silurien du centre de la Bohème. 1ere Partie: Recherches paléontologiques. Vol. 2. Classe des mollusques : ordre der céphalopodes Pt 3. Texte. 804

Belongs to Protobactrites according to A. Hyatt 1900

See also Barrande 1874

Sister taxa: Protobactrites clinatus, Protobactrites compressus, Protobactrites densus, Protobactrites heshuiensis, Protobactrites leijitunensis, Protobactrites loumianensis, Protobactrites rectus, Protobactrites rongxiensis, Protobactrites subquadratus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protobactrites styloideum in the database

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