Bistrialites

Bistrialites is an involute, globose Clydonautilacean belonging to the Liroceratidae with a reniform whorl section, large funnel shaped umbilicus, smooth surface except for spiral ornament in the region of the umbilical shoulder. Bistrialites comes from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Europe.

Bistrialites
Temporal range: Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian)
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Bistrialites

Turner, 1954

References

  • Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea – Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas press, R.C. Moore (ed.) -- Liroceratidae K444 -K447.
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