Marine Species Traits - Plectronoceratida †

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Plectronoceratida †

AphiaID

1727084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727084)

Classification

Authority

Flower, 1964

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Cephalopoda

Synonymised names

Plectronoceratia † · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Family Plectronoceratidae Kobayashi, 1935 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir. 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectronoceratida †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727084 on 2025-12-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Plectronoceratida †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727084 on 2025-12-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-01-05 01:19:00Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2024-05-30 08:04:26Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2025-09-25 07:54:01Z

changed

Pohle, Alexander

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original description Flower, R. H. (1964). The nautiloid order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir. 12: 1-234., available online at https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/downloads/12/Memoir-12.pdf [details]

basis of record King, A. H.; Evans, D. H. (2019). High-level classification of the nautiloid cephalopods: a proposal for the revision of the Treatise Part K. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 138(1): 65-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00186-4 [details] Available for editors

additional source Mutvei, H.; Zhang, Y.; Dunca, E. (2007). Late Cambrian plectronocerid nautiloids and their role in cephalopod evolution. Palaeontology. 50(6): 1327-1333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00708.x
note: as Plectronocerida [details]

source of synonymy Pohle, A.; Jell, P.; Klug, C. (2024). Plectronoceratids (Cephalopoda) from the latest Cambrian at Black Mountain, Queensland, reveal complex three-dimensional siphuncle morphology, with major taxonomic implications. PeerJ. 12: e17003., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17003 [details]

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