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Ligeiceras anomphalus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy

Nautilus anomphalus was named by Pia (1914).

It was recombined as Cenoceras anomphalus by Kummel (1956); it was recombined as Ligeiceras anomphalus by Barroso-Barcenilla (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Nautilus anomphalus Pia p. 77 figs. Pl 10, fig 9
1956	Cenoceras anomphalus Kummel p. 372
2011	Ligeiceras anomphalus Barroso-Barcenilla p. 398 figs. Pl 2, figs C-H

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautilia	(Wade 1988)
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Nautiloidea	(de Blainville 1825)
family	Nautilidae	de Blainville 1825
genus	Ligeiceras
species	anomphalus	()

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.

†Ligeiceras anomphalus Pia 1914

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	31.5	30.2	32.9	31.5	1.91
shell diameter	2	52.1	48.0	56.5	52.2	6.01
shell inflation	2	4.09	2.50	6.70	4.60	2.97

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

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Murchisonae or 199.50000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Austria	Nautilus anomphalus (173572)
Toarcian	184.2 - 174.7	Spain	Ligeiceras anomphalus (171072)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Spain	Ligeiceras anomphalus (168057 171069 171070)
Murchisonae	174.7 - 170.9	Spain	Ligeiceras anomphalus (171071)