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Nautilidae

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Description

The nautilus (from the Latin form of the original Ancient Greek: ναυτίλος, 'sailor') is a pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6840	https://www.gbif.org/species/6840
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	93682	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=93682

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Nautiloidea
family	Nautilidae	de Blainville 1825

Scientific Name

Nautilidae

Name Published In

Blainville H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nautilidae	family	belongs to Orthochoanites	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Nautilidae	family	belongs to Nautilaceae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Nautilidae	family	belongs to Nautilaceae	stated without evidence	Juyal and Mathur, 1994
Nautilidae	family	belongs to Nautilida	stated without evidence	Lehmann et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

242

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (4.5%)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Nautilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. J. Moore. 1976. Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922:1-66

Common Name(s)

Chambered Nautiluses, Nautiles, Nautilos, オウムガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nautilinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Allonautilus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Anaspyroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Angelinoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Anglonautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Angulithes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Augustoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Barnesoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Bathmoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Belmonticeras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	180 Ma Early Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Byronoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Carinonautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cenoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		205	242 Ma Middle Triassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Cooperoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	303 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Curtoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	485 Ma Cambrian	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cycloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	254 Ma Permian
Cymatoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		259	156 Ma Jurassic	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Cyptendoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Cyrtogomphoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dawsonoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		89	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Deiroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Deltocymatoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Discosorus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
Epicymatoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euciphoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eucymatoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eutrephoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		446	180 Ma Early Jurassic	13.8 Ma Miocene
Gorbyoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		64	485 Ma Cambrian	439 Ma Silurian
Gyroceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Kummelonautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	23.0 Ma Miocene
Lechritrochoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Levisoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ligeiceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	199 Ma Early Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Metacoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		90	326 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Murrayoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Nautilus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	296 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Obinautilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Oelandoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Orthonybyoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Paracymatoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	152 Ma Late Jurassic	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Parakionoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	433 Ma Silurian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Protocycloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		108	485 Ma Cambrian	303 Ma Carboniferous
Pseudocenoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Richardsonoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		62	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Robsonoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sactoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	426 Ma Silurian
Stenzeloceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Strionautilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Treptoceras genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vaginoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		48	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Nautilus fricator Beck, 1835	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : *Nautilus fricator*
Eutrephoceratidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Eutrephoceratidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Nautilidae de Blainville
1835	Nautilus fricator Beck
1894	Eutrephoceratidae Hyatt
1904	Nautilidae Martin p. 130
1964	Nautilidae Teichert et al. p. 448
1975	Nautilidae Shimansky p. 52

Year	Name and Author
1983	Nautilidae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 110
1985	Nautilidae Klinger p. 3
1986	Nautilidae Llompart p. 168
1994	Nautilidae Juyal and Mathur p. 83
2007	Eutrephoceratidae Landman et al. p. 55
2016	Nautilidae Lehmann et al. p. 432

References

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Shimansky V. N. (1975) Melovye Nautiloidei, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 150, 1-208

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Klinger H. C. (1985) Upper Cretaceous Cephalopoda from offshore deposits off the Natal south coast, South Africa., Palaeontologia Africana 26 1, 1-11

Llompart C. (1986) Restos de nautílidos en la secuencia deposicional de Armàncies (Eoceno, Prepirineo de Gerona), Scientia Gerundensis 12, 165-171

Juyal K. P., Mathur N. S. (1994) Nautilus deluci d'Archiac from the Upper part of the Subathu Formation (Ilerdian-early Lutetian), Himachal Pradesh, India, Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 39, 81-86

Landman N. H., Johnson R. O., et al (2007) Cephalopods from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary interval on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. with a description of the highest ammonite zones in North America. Part III. Manasquan River Basin, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 303, 1-122

Lehmann J., Hoffmann R., et al (2016) Cephalopoden aus unterkreidezeitlichen Geschieben der Region um Wolgast-Hohendorf, Vorpommern, Archiv für Geschiebekunde 7, 401-530

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Blainville H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Jereb, P. (2005). Family Nautilidae. pp. 51-55, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Sepiolidae, Sepiadariidae, Idiosepiidae and Spirulidae). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Blainville, H. D., 1825: null. Manual de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. 664. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Voss, G. L. / M. Nixon and J. B. Messenger, eds., 1977: Classification of Recent Cephalopods. The Biology of Cephalopods: Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 38. 575-579. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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