Shelbyoceras
Extinct genus of molluscs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shelbyoceras is a genus of Cambrian monoplacophora which was one of the genera mistaken for a cephalopod, since the characteristics differentiating monoplacophora from cephalopods are few. Shelbyoceras was reclassified based on a depressed groove that forms a band around the shell, which is similar to a feature seen in Hypseloconus[2] (with whom it may be synonymous).[3] The septa in this genus are either closely or irregularly spaced.[2]
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Shelbyoceras | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Monoplacophora |
Order: | †Archinacelloidea |
Family: | †Shelbyoceridae |
Genus: | †Shelbyoceras Ulrich & Foerste, 1931 |
Type species | |
Shelbyoceras robustum Ulrich & Foerste, 1936 | |
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