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Loxoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Orthocerida

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Nautiloidea

Genus
  
Loxoceras M'Coy, 1844

Loxoceras is a genus of orthocerids of uncertain affinity, the shell of which is a smooth orthocone with the siphuncle between the center and probably the venter. Type species: Orthocera breyni Fleming 1928. May be equivalent to Breynioceras Foerse 1939. Loxoceras has been found in Lower Carboniferous marine strata in Europe

References

Loxoceras Wikipedia