Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combinations: Angulithes sowerbyi, Nautilus sowerbyi
Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to R. A. Hewitt 2002
See also Edwards 1849, Jeffery and Tracey 1997 and Kummel 1956
Sister taxa: Deltoidonautilus arcuatus, Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis, Deltoidonautilus caheni, Deltoidonautilus cassinianus, Deltoidonautilus chudeaui, Deltoidonautilus deluci, Deltoidonautilus elliotti, Deltoidonautilus hassani, Deltoidonautilus haughti, Deltoidonautilus lemoinei, Deltoidonautilus molli, Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis, Deltoidonautilus rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus spathi, Deltoidonautilus togoensis, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chalk Farm railway cutting, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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