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Botellusoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Botellusoceras was named by Kröger and Mutvei (2005). It is not extant. Its type is Botellusoceras torpense.

It was assigned to Nautiloidea by Kröger and Mutvei (2005); and to Ellesmeroceratidae by Mutvei (2013).

Species
B. torpense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Botellusoceras Kröger and Mutvei
2013Botellusoceras Mutvei p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusBotellusoceras

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.

G. †Botellusoceras Kröger and Mutvei 2005
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Botellusoceras torpense Kröger and Mutvei 2005
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Kröger and H. Mutvei 2005Shell loosely coiled or cyrtoconic, moderately expanding, exogastric; body chamber contracted, gibbous adorally; cross-section of shell nearly circular; sutures transversal; siphuncle tubular, near venter but not marginal; septal necks orthochoanitic; connecting ring with a thin outer spherulitic–prismatic layer.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hunderum to the top of the Valaste or 471.80000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunderum - Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden (Kalmar) B. torpense (89251)