Huaiheceras is a genus of ellesmerocerd from China, and type for the Heuhiceratidae that lived during the Late Cambrian. The shell is small, tubular, gently expanding and with a slight curvature. The siphuncle, which is proportionally narrow, is on the outer, concave curvature of the shell, suggesting it is exogastric. Septa are close spaced.
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The genus Huaihecerina is similar but has a slightly greater curvature and greater rate of expansion.
References
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- Chen Jun-yuan & Curt Teichert, 1983. Cambrian Cephalopods. Geology V.11, pp 647–650, Nov. 1983
- The Mollusca vol. 12, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopods M.R. Clarke & E.R Trueman eds, Academic Press.
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