Solenochilidae

Solenochilidae; Temporal range: Late Mississippian - Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Nautilida
Superfamily:	†Aipoceratoidea
Family:	†Solenochilidae; Hyatt, 1883

Solenochilidae is a small family of Carboniferous and Early Permian nautilids, similar and related to the Aipoceratidae that comprises genera with whorls in contact and which develop laterally projecting umbilical spines by maturity. The included genera Solenochilus and Acanthonautilus are quite similar in external form but differ in their siphuncles. Those of Solenochilus have more strongly inflated siphuncle segments and more tightly curved septal necks.

References[]

Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

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