Biology:Alloclionites

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Alloclionites
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Clionitidae
Genus: Alloclionites
Spath, 1951

Alloclionites is a genus of extinct ammonoid cephalopods within the family Clionitidae which is part of the ceratitid superfamily Clydonitoidea. Alloclionites comes from the Upper Triassic of the Alps, Balkans, Himalayas, Timor, and British Columbia and is recognized by its many tubercles which tend to diminish on the body chamber.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4733027 entry