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Cenoceras affinis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus affinis was named by Chapuis and Dewalque (1853).

It was recombined as Cenoceras affinis by Kummel (1956).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-10-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Nautilus affinis Chapuis and Dewalque p. 34 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1914Nautilus affinis Pia pp. 25, 65 figs. Pl 10, fig 5
1956Cenoceras affinis Kummel p. 372

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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
speciesaffinis(Chapuis and Dewalque 1853)

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 affinis Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height178.2
shell diameter1147.5
shell inflation126.6

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: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Nautilus affinis (173572)