Biology:Surenitidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Surenitidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Gastrioceratoidea
Family: Surenitidae
Librovitch 1957
Genera
  • Aphantites
  • Gaitherites
  • Marianoceras
  • Melvilloceras
  • Surenites
  • Ugamites
  • Verneuilites

Surenitidae is one of five families of the Gastrioceratoidea superfamily. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7645713 entry