Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: K. Tanabe and N. Chiba. 1983. A new species of Deltoidonautilus (Cephalopoda) from the upper Eocene of western Kyushu. Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology) 42:248-258
Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to K. Tanabe and N. Chiba 1983
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 rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi, Deltoidonautilus spathi, Deltoidonautilus togoensis, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi
Type specimen: EE.1035, a shell. Its type locality is EE1035, Aze, Okinoshima Island, which is in a Bartonian offshore sandstone in the Okinoshima Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 144.9
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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