White-patch Nautlius (species: Nautilus stenomphalus) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Nautilus stenomphalus
White-patch Nautlius


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nautilus stenomphalus shell about 12.5 cm diameter found washed up at Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nautilus stenomphalus shell about 12.5 cm diameter found washed up at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Nautilida
Family Nautilidae
Genus Nautilus
Species Nautilus stenomphalus

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Shell with a closed umbilicus (inner coils of shell not visible) and the brown/orange bands do not reach the umbilicus (Reid, 2016).

Size

  • Up to 17 cm (shell diameter according to Reid, 2016)

Synonyms

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References

  • Reid, A. (2016). Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories CSIRO, Clayton, Vic., Australia.
  • Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1986). Color and body patterns in cephalopods from Lizard Island, Australia,Unpublished manuscript. LIRS catalog number 204.
  • Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1987). Cephalopods of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria, 3: 15-20. LIRS catalog number 238.
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