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Aturia somaliensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia somaliensis was named by Haas and Miller (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; eastern Africa.]. Its type specimen is Sedgk. Mus. C 12073, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ziezae, A. laticlava

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Aturia somaliensis Haas and Miller pp. 344-345 figs. pl. 21, figs. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
speciessomaliensis

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.

†Aturia somaliensis Haas and Miller 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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