Octamerella is an extinct genus of prehistoric nautiloids from the oncocerid family Hemiphragmoceratidae that lived in what is now Europe and North America during the Middle Silurian.
| Octamerella Temporal range: M Silurian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Family: | †Hemiphragmoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Octamerella Teichert and Sweet (1962) |
Octamerella has a breviconic shell and a mature aperture that is contracted so as to have four pairs of dorsolateral sinuses, four on each side, and a narrow mid-dorsal salient. The two ventral-most sinus pairs are typically the largest, while the dorsal-most pair is short and wide, forming a circular opening.[1]
References edit
- ^ Sweet, 1964
- Sweet, W.C. 1964. Nautilodea-Oncocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K; Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press, Teichert & Moore eds.
- Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA)
- Fossilworks: Octamerella
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