Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Orthoceras according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: Orthoceras annulata, Orthoceras bisignatum, Orthoceras boeckhi, Orthoceras burgense, Orthoceras decrescens, Orthoceras dominans, Orthoceras elegantulum, Orthoceras eurekensis, Orthoceras expansum, Orthoceras fluminense, Orthoceras geinitzi, Orthoceras gradatum, Orthoceras hulli, Orthoceras kingii, Orthoceras lentum, Orthoceras luhai, Orthoceras margaritatum, Orthoceras modestum, Orthoceras oehlerti, Orthoceras orientale, Orthoceras progressum, Orthoceras punjabiense, Orthoceras rachidium, Orthoceras randolphensis, Orthoceras siculum, Orthoceras spissiseptum, Orthoceras submoniliforme, Orthoceras subtriangulare, Orthoceras transversum, Orthoceras turritellum, Orthoceras vagum, Orthoceras vesiculosum, Orthoceras waageni, Orthoceratites, Orthoceros regularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 11.4

Distribution: found only at Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio

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