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 A. de Gregorio 1930
See also Gemmellaro 1889
Sister taxa: Orthoceras annulata, Orthoceras bisignatum, Orthoceras blakei, Orthoceras boeckhi, Orthoceras burgense, Orthoceras decrescens, Orthoceras dominans, Orthoceras elegans, Orthoceras elegantulum, Orthoceras eurekensis, Orthoceras expansum, Orthoceras fluminense, Orthoceras geinitzi, Orthoceras gradatum, Orthoceras kingii, Orthoceras lennaense, Orthoceras lentum, Orthoceras lepton, Orthoceras luhai, Orthoceras margaritatum, Orthoceras modestum, Orthoceras mojsisovicsi, Orthoceras multilabiatum, Orthoceras oehlerti, Orthoceras orientale, Orthoceras progressum, Orthoceras punjabiense, Orthoceras rachidium, Orthoceras randolphensis, Orthoceras shastense, Orthoceras siculum, Orthoceras spissiseptum, Orthoceras spitiense, Orthoceras subellipticum, 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 6.00
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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