MolluscaBase - Tretoceras Salter, 1858 †

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Tretoceras Salter, 1858 †

AphiaID

1866909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1866909)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Orthoceras bisiphonatum J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 † accepted as Tretoceras bisiphonatum (J. De C. Sowerby, 1839) † (type by original designation)

Parent

Endoceratidae Hyatt, 1884 †

Original name

Tretoceras Salter, 1858 †

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Species Tretoceras bisiphonatum (J. De C. Sowerby, 1839) †
Species Tretoceras parvulum Barrande, 1868 † accepted as Bactroceras sandbergeri (Barrande, 1867) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Salter, J. W. (1858). On a New Genus of Cephalopoda, Tretoceras (Orthoceras bisiphonatum, Sowerby); and on the occurrence of the Genus Ascoceras, Barrande, in Britain. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 14(1-2): 177-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1858.014.01-02.24
page(s): 179 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tretoceras Salter, 1858 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1866909 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

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2026-01-22 14:11:44Z

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Pohle, Alexander

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Sources (2)

original description Salter, J. W. (1858). On a New Genus of Cephalopoda, Tretoceras (Orthoceras bisiphonatum, Sowerby); and on the occurrence of the Genus Ascoceras, Barrande, in Britain. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 14(1-2): 177-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1858.014.01-02.24
page(s): 179 [details]

basis of record Evans, D. H.; Holland, C. H. (1995). The nautiloid cephalopod Order Endocerida in the Silurian. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 69(3-4): 343-352., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987799
page(s): 348 [details] Available for editors

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