Clathroceras

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Clathroceras
Temporal range: Silurian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Trimeroceratidae
Genus: Clathroceras
Foerste, 1926
Species
  • Clathroceras plicatumStridsberg, 1985
  • Clathroceras sulcatum(Barrande, 1865)

Clathroceras is an extinct genus of straight oncocerid belonging to the family Trimeroceratidae. It comprises several species, including Clathroceras plicatum [1] and C. sulcatum. [2]

C. plicatum was discovered in Gotland, Sweden, and C. sulcatum in the Czech Republic. The latter was originally classified as part of the distantly-related oncocerid genus Phragmoceras . [2]

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References

  1. "Clathroceras plicatum".
  2. 1 2 "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Clathroceras sulcatum".