Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Superorder Orthoceratoidea Extinction status Extinct | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Nautiloidea Order Orthocerida Rank Genus | |
Ohioceras is an extinct genus of suborthochonic nautiloids from the Silurian of Ohio belonging to the orthoceroid family Kionoceratidae.
Ohioceras is characterized by a slightly curved longiconic shell with a circular to slightly depressed cross section. The surface is lined with broad, low, longitudinal ribs separated by distinct shallow grooves. The siphuncle is subcentral, apparently orthochoanitic.
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