Spyroceratidae Temporal range: M Silurian - Permian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Superorder: | Orthoceratoidea |
Order: | Pseudorthocerida |
Family: |
Spyroceratidae Shimazu & Obata 1935 |
Spyroceratidae are defined as Pseudorthocerida with uniformly slender siphuncle segments, longer than wide, that contract sharply near either end, in which endosiphuncular deposits first form a compete annulus before fusing ventrally.