Biology:Balatonites

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)


Balatonites
Temporal range: Anisian Anisian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Balatonitidae
Genus: Balatonites
Mojsisovics, 1879
Species

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Ceratites and Balatonites, 1896

Balatonites is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the ceratitid family Balatonitidae. There are at least four known species: B. balatonicus, B. oyama, B. shoshonensis, and B. zitteli.

The shell of Balatonites is essentially evolute, coiled with earlier whorls showing, and is laterally compressed with flattish sides and a roof-like venter. The sides are covered with radial ribs that have tubercles generally arranged in umbilical, median and ventral rows.

Balatonites has been found in Hungary, the Alps, Balkans, Germany, Japan, and Nevada.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4850131 entry