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Paracenoceras siculus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus siculus was named by Gemmellaro (1868).

It was recombined as Paracenoceras siculus by Kummel (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. dorsoexcavatum, P. franconicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Nautilus siculus Gemmellaro
1914Nautilus siculus von Loesch p. 114
1956Paracenoceras siculus Kummel p. 408

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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)
familyParacenoceratidaeSpath 1927
genusParacenocerasSpath 1927
speciessiculus(Gemmellaro 1868)

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.

†Paracenoceras siculus Gemmellaro 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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