Biology:Clathroceras

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Short description: Genus of fossil molluscs

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

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]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q113544787 entry