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Nautilus modestus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus modestus was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steinbergkogel, grauem Marmor, which is in a Sevatian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Nautilus modestus Anderson p. 179 figs. Plate 25, figures 9, 9a

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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
speciesmodestus

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 modestus Anderson 1958
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available