MolluscaBase taxon details
Ancistroceras Boll, 1857 †
1727442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727442)
accepted
Genus
Lituites undulatus Boll, 1857 † accepted as Ancistroceras undulatum (Boll, 1857) † (type by original designation)
Lituites (Strombolituites) Remelé, 1881 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Ancistroceras barrandei Dewitz, 1880 †
- Species Ancistroceras deckeri Flower, 1975 †
- Species Ancistroceras fengxiangense (Z.-D. Chang, 1964) †
- Species Ancistroceras magnum Flower, 1975 †
- Species Ancistroceras oklahomae Flower, 1975 †
- Species Ancistroceras ristnensis Aubrechtová & Meidla, 2020 †
- Species Ancistroceras torelli (Remelé, 1881) †
- Species Ancistroceras undulatum (Boll, 1857) †
- Species Ancistroceras vahikuelaensis Aubrechtová & Meidla, 2020 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Boll, E. (1857). Beitrag zur Kenntniß der silurischen Cephalopoden im norddeutschen Diluvium und den anstehenden Lagern Schwedens. <em>Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg.</em> 11: 58–95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27939946
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancistroceras Boll, 1857 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727442 on 2026-09-02
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original description
Boll, E. (1857). Beitrag zur Kenntniß der silurischen Cephalopoden im norddeutschen Diluvium und den anstehenden Lagern Schwedens. <em>Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg.</em> 11: 58–95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27939946
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Lituites (Strombolituites) Remelé, 1881 †) Remelé, A. (1881). Strombolituites, eine neue Untergattung der perfecten Lituiten, nebst Bermekungen ueber die Cephalopoden-Gattung Ancistroceras Boll. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 33: 187-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43595830
page(s): 190 [details]
basis of record Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Remelé, A. (1882). Ueber einige gekrümmte untersilurische Cephalopoden. <em>Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 34: 116–138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43675987
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Lituites (Strombolituites) Remelé, 1881 †) Remelé, A. (1881). Strombolituites, eine neue Untergattung der perfecten Lituiten, nebst Bermekungen ueber die Cephalopoden-Gattung Ancistroceras Boll. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 33: 187-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43595830
page(s): 190 [details]
basis of record Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Remelé, A. (1882). Ueber einige gekrümmte untersilurische Cephalopoden. <em>Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 34: 116–138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43675987
page(s): 28 [details]
