Biology:Araneites

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Araneites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Goniatitida
Suborder:	Tornoceratatina
Superfamily:	Prionocerataceae
Family:	Prionoceratidae
Subfamily:	Sporadoceratinae
Genus:	Araneites

Araneites is a genus belonging to the Sporadoceratinae subfamily of the Prionoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

• The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07

Wikidata ☰ Q4784080 entry