Adelphoceras

Adelphoceras
Temporal range: mid Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: †Rutoceratidae
Genus: †
Barrande, 1870

Adelphoceras is a genus of middle Devonian coiled nautiloids from Europe with an oval whorl section and shallow depressed zone on the inner, dorsal, rim; a strongly contracted T-shaped aperture; ventral siphuncle containing actinosiphonate deposits, and two rows of spines on either side.

Adelphoceras is included in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae, and is also a part of the Tainoceratoidea.

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