Biology:Almites

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Almites
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Marathonitidae
Subfamily: Marathonitinae
Genus: Almites
Toumansky 1941

Almites is a genus belonging to the Marathonitidae families. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4733855 entry