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Shelbyoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
†Archinacelloidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
†Shelbyoceridae

Shelbyoceras is a genus of Cambrian monoplacophora which was one of the genera mistaken for a cephalopod, since the characteristics differentiating monoplacophora from cephalopods are few. Shelbyoceras was reclassified based on a depressed groove that forms a band around the shell, which is similar to a feature seen in Hypseloconus (with whom it may be synonymous). The septa in this genus are either closely or irregularly spaced.

References

Shelbyoceras Wikipedia