MolluscaBase name details
Gigantoceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) †
1896561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1896561)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gigantoceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1896561 on 2026-06-14
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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 Hyatt, A. (1900). Cephalopoda. In: Zittel, K. A. V.; Eastman, C. R. (Eds). <em>Text-book of paleontology by Karl A. von Zittel [translated from German to English and edited by C. R. Eastman]. Vol. 1.</em> pp. 502-604. Macmillan, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17392244
page(s): 527 [details]
new combination reference Teichert, C. (1940). Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 14: 590-597., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298712
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page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Hyatt, A. (1900). Cephalopoda. In: Zittel, K. A. V.; Eastman, C. R. (Eds). <em>Text-book of paleontology by Karl A. von Zittel [translated from German to English and edited by C. R. Eastman]. Vol. 1.</em> pp. 502-604. Macmillan, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17392244
page(s): 527 [details]
new combination reference 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]