Biology:Alpinites

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Alpinites
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Posttornoceratidae
Subfamily: Discoclymeniinae
Genus: Alpinites
Bogoslovsky 1971

Alpinites is a genus belonging to the Discoclymeniinae subfamily, a member of the Goniatitida order. 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 ☰ Q4735610 entry