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Cenoceras lineatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus lineatus was named by Sowerby (1813).

It was recombined as Cenoceras lineatus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) lineatum by Tinant (1987); it was recombined as Cenoceras lineatum by Rulleau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Nautilus lineatus Sowerby
1956Cenoceras lineatus Kummel p. 337
1987Cenoceras (Metacenoceras) lineatum Tinant p. 75 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; text-fig 4
2008Cenoceras lineatum Rulleau p. 47 figs. Pl 17, fig 2; pl 18, fig 1; text-fig 8/7

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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)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
specieslineatum()

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.

†Cenoceras lineatum Sowerby 1813
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height272.746.0115.080.548.8
shell diameter2127.381.0200.0140.584.1
shell inflation20.1410.00120.010.014.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Murchisonae to the top of the Opalinum or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France Nautilus lineatus (51501)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9France Cenoceras lineatum (167446)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9France Cenoceras lineatum (167444 167445)