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Extinct family of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aipoceratidae are a small family of Carboniferous nautilids which have smooth shells and loosely coiled to faintly impressed whorls and in which the aperture may be modified at maturity. The Aipoceratidae include the Lower Carboniferous Aipoceras and Asymptoceras, and Librovitschiceras from the Upper Carboniferous. The Solenochilidae are closely related.[1]
| Aipoceratidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| |
| Asymptoceras newloni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Superfamily: | †Aipoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Aipoceratidae Hyatt 1883 |
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