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Nautilus decurrens

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus decurrens was named by d'Eichwald (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucaniella decurrens by Koken and Perner (1925); it was recombined as Tetranota decurrens by Teichert (1932) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Nautilus decurrens d'Eichwald p. 45 fig. 6
1925Bucaniella decurrens Koken and Perner p. 17 figs. pl. 23 f. 19-20
1932Tetranota decurrens Teichert p. 267
2023Tetranota decurrens Wagner p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusNautilus
speciesdecurrens

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Nautilus decurrens d'Eichwald 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available