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Edaphoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Family
  
†Koninckioceratidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Nautilida

Rank
  
Genus

Edaphoceras is a genus of koninckioceratid nautilids from the Mississippian of North America, named by Hyatt, 1884, with depressed whorls just in contact. The shell, as typical for the family, is evolute; whorl section is fusiform with broadly rounded venter and dorsum meeting at a narrow angle on either side. Its suture has a distinct ventral and dorsal lobe and an angular lateral saddle. The siphuncle is small and near central.

References

Edaphoceras Wikipedia