Allonautilus

The genus Allonautilus contains two species of nautiluses, which have a significantly different morphology from those placed in the sister taxon Nautilus.[1] Allonautilus is now thought to be a descendant of Nautilus, rendering the latter genus paraphyletic.

Allonautilus
Allonautilus scrobiculatus shell with periostracum removed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Nautilidae
Genus: Allonautilus
Ward & Saunders, 1997
Type species
Allonautilus scrobiculatus
Species

2, see text

Live individuals of the genus have only been collected in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Little is known about their biology because they live in deep waters,[2] whereas the better-understood genus Nautilus lives closer to the surface.

The entire family Nautilidae, including all species in the genus Nautilus and Allonautilus, was listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).[3]

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Allonautilus perforatusBali chambered nautilusBali and Papua New Guinea
Allonautilus scrobiculatuscrusty nautilusPapua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands


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