Projovellania

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Projovellania
Temporal range: M Silurian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Jovellaniidae
Genus: Projovellania
Hyatt in Zillel, 1900

Projovellania is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod belonging to the oncocerid family Jovellaniidae found in mid Silurian sediments in Europe. The shell is a longiconic cyrtocone, like that of Jovellania or Mixosiphonoceras , except for being compressed rather than depressed.

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