Biology:Pericyclinae

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Short description: Extinct subfamily of molluscs

Pericyclinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Pericyclidae
Subfamily: Pericyclinae
Hyatt 1900
Genera
  • Asiacyclus
  • Bouhamedites
  • Caenocyclus
  • Goniocycloides
  • Goniocyclus
  • Hammatocyclus
  • Neopericyclus
  • Orthocyclus
  • Parahammatocyclus
  • Pericyclus
  • Polaricyclus
  • Rhiphaeocyclus
  • Rotopericyclus

Pericyclinae is one of two subfamilies of the family Pericyclidae. 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 ☰ Q7168425 entry