Biology:Zephyroceras

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Zephyroceras
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Stenolaphyritidae
Genus: Zephyroceras
Kullmann, 1962

Zephyroceras is a genus belonging to the Somoholitoidea 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 ☰ Q8069333 entry