Clathroceras

Clathroceras
Temporal range: Silurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Oncocerida
Family: †Trimeroceratidae
Genus: †Clathroceras
Foerste, 1926
Species
  • Clathroceras plicatum Stridsberg, 1985
  • Clathroceras sulcatum (Barrande, 1865)

Clathroceras is an extinct genus of straight oncocerid belonging to the family Trimeroceratidae. It comprises several species, including Clathroceras plicatum and C. sulcatum.

C. plicatum was discovered in Gotland, Sweden, and C. sulcatum in the Czech Republic. The latter was originally classified as part of the distantly-related oncocerid genus Phragmoceras.

References

  1. ↑ "Clathroceras plicatum".
  2. 1 2 "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Clathroceras sulcatum".