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Deltoidonautilus somaliensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus somaliensis was named by Newton (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; eastern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Deltoidonautilus somaliensis by Spath (1927), Stenzel (1940) and Haas and Miller (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Nautilus somaliensis Newton pp. 167-169 figs. pl. 18, figs. 1-2
1927Deltoidonautilus somaliensis Spath p. 428
1940Deltoidonautilus somaliensis Stenzel
1952Deltoidonautilus somaliensis Haas and Miller p. 341

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusDeltoidonautilusSpath 1927
speciessomaliensis(Newton 1925)

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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Diagnosis
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