Biology:Pericyclidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Pericyclidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Pericycloidea
Family: Pericyclidae
Hyatt 1900
Subfamilies

Pericyclidae is one of nine families of the Pericycloidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7168424 entry