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Proclydonautilus spirolobus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Clydonautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus spirolobus was named by Dittmar (1866).

It was recombined as Clydonautilus (Proclydonautilus) spirolobus by von Mojsisovics (1902); it was recombined as Proclydonautilus spirolobus by Smith (1927), Kummel (1953), Bychkov et al. (1976), Schastlivtseva (1988), Sobolev (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Nautilus spirolobus Dittmar p. 352 figs. Pl 13, figs 1,2
1873Nautilus spirolobus von Mojsisovics p. 28
1902Clydonautilus (Proclydonautilus) spirolobus von Mojsisovics p. 211 figs. Pl 10, fig 3; pl 11, fig 1
1909Brancoceras mandevillei Marshall pp. 143-143 figs. Txt Fig.
1927Proclydonautilus spirolobus Smith p. 103 figs. Pl 88, figs 6-14
1953Proclydonautilus spirolobus Kummel p. 82 figs. Pl 7, figs 10-19
1976Proclydonautilus spirolobus Bychkov et al.
1988Proclydonautilus spirolobus Schastlivtseva p. 42
1989Proclydonautilus spirolobus Sobolev p. 93 figs. Pl 33, fig 2; pl 45, fig 2; text-fig 52e,f, 53d,e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyClydonautilidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusProclydonautilusMojsisovics 1902
speciesspirolobus(Dittmar 1866)

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.

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Invalid names: Brancoceras mandevillei Marshall 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height618.43.5047.029.517.3
shell diameter630.56.5070.049.525.5
shell inflation60.1100.0012.500.6501.06

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 Tuvalian to the top of the Rhaetian or 233.60000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3New Zealand Clydonautilus spirolobus (201932 201939)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3USA (California) Proclydonautilus spirolobus (144028)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Russian Federation Proclydonautilus spirolobus (166674 166675 166676 214800 214802 214803)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Austria Clydonautilus spirolobus (159573 159899) Nautilus spirolobus (159516)
Otamitan221.0 - 217.0New Zealand (Southland) Brancoceras mandevillei (238364)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Clydonautilus spirolobus (159545 159967) Nautilus spirolobus (159543)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Clydonautilus spirolobus (159559 159560) Nautilus spirolobus (159555)