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PILOCERATIDAE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Cephalopods of the family Piloceratidae are] breviconic, more or less strongly curved, rapidly expanding conchs with [a] compressed cross section; [the] body chamber may have [a] slightly contracted aperture. [The] Siphuncle [is] rapidly expanding, large; [the] septal necks, where known, [are] holochoanitic; [the] endocones [are] simple, but in some forms with complex systems of endosiphuncular blades and endosiphofunicles. "L. Ord. (? M. Canad. - U. Canad.)".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Céphalopodes de la famille des Piloceratidae ont une] coquille et surtout [un] siphon larges, à accroissement rapide, [un] habitacle souvent faiblement bréviconique (...) [et des] siphons holochoanés.

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