Clathroceras

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]

Clathroceras
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Oncocerida
Family: †Trimeroceratidae
Genus: †Clathroceras
Foerste, 1926
Species
  • Clathroceras plicatum Stridsberg, 1985
  • Clathroceras sulcatum (Barrande, 1865)

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]

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


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