MolluscaBase taxon details
Heracloceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) †
1896558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1896558)
accepted
Species
Gigantoceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gyroceras inelegans Meek, 1871 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Gyroceras inelegans Meek, 1871 †) Meek, F. B. (1871). Descriptions of new species of invertebrate fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian rocks of Ohio. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 23(1): 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5511919
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
Type locality contained in Ohio
type locality contained in Ohio [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Heracloceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1896558 on 2026-06-13
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(of Gyroceras inelegans Meek, 1871 †) Meek, F. B. (1871). Descriptions of new species of invertebrate fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian rocks of Ohio. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 23(1): 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5511919
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Teichert, C. (1940). Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 14: 590-597., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298712
page(s): 591 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Teichert, C. (1940). Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 14: 590-597., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298712
page(s): 591 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
