Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Tarphycerida Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Nautiloidea Family Lituitidae | |
Similar Lituites, Nautilida, Nautiloid | ||
Angelinoceras is a lituitid from the Middle Ordovician that starts off with an open spiral of about 1.5 strongly compressed whorls followed by a straight orthoconic section that continues to expand for a length about equal to the diameter of the coiled portion before retaining a more or less consistent diameter. The juvenile spiral portion has a deep indentation on the ventral side of the aperture for the water-jet funnel, known as a hyponomic sinus, that becomes broad and shallow in the straight-shelled adult portion.
Angelinoceras is most likely derived from Holmiceras by a further opening of the initial spiral and a reduction in the expansion of the orthocone.
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