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Nautilus sphaericus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus sphaericus was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras sphaericum by Kummel (1956), Wiedmann (1960), Shimansky (1975), Klinger (1985) and Wilmsen and Aly (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Nautilus sphaericus Forbes p. 98
1910Nautilus sphaericus Spengler p. 139
1956Eutrephoceras sphaericum Kummel p. 342
1960Eutrephoceras sphaericum Wiedmann p. 170 figs. Pl 18, figs D-G; pl 23, figs G.M.N
1975Eutrephoceras sphaericum Shimansky p. 55
1985Eutrephoceras sphaericum Klinger p. 3
2019Eutrephoceras sphaericum Wilmsen and Aly p. 83 figs. 3A, 4A

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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
speciessphaericus

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 sphaericus Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
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