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Nautilus balcombensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus balcombensis was named by Chapman (1915) [TYPE LOCALITY: Balcombe Bay, Australia (Miocene)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balcombe Bay (Cudmore collection), which is in a Langhian offshore claystone in the Fyansford Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras balcombensis by Kummel (1956).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Nautilus balcombensis Chapman p. 353 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4; pl 4, figs 5,6; pl 8, figs 18,19
1956Eutrephoceras balcombensis Kummel p. 332
2022Nautilus balcombensis Goedert 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
speciesbalcombensis

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 balcombensis Chapman 1915
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Diagnosis
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