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Nautilus pompilius (pearly nautilus)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus pompilius was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific. Named on p, 709 of Linnaeus, Carolus (1758).]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. calloviensis, N. concavus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus
1947Nautilus pompilius Miller p. 25
1965Nautilus pompilius Toriyama et al. p. 154
2008Nautilus pompilius Wani et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusNautilus
speciespompilius

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 pompilius Linnaeus 1758 [pearly nautilus]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height193.7
shell diameter1160.5
shell inflation19.60

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Nautilus pompilius (77133)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Philippines (Pangasinan) Nautilus pompilius (107988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Taiwan Nautilus pompilius (82011)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Nautilus pompilius (82018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Nautilus pompilius (82015 82016 82025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Nautilus pompilius (82008 82009 82010 82027 82028 82029 82030)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Nautilus pompilius (82012 82026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Nautilus pompilius (82023 82024)