Clymeniidae

Clymeniidae; Temporal range: Devonian, 364.7–360.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil shell of Clymenia laevigata, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Clymeniida
Family:	Clymeniidae; Edwards 1849

Clymeniidae is a family in the ammonoid order Clymeniida. It is characterized by a dorsal siphuncle that runs along the inside of the whorls, unusual for ammonoids.

Genera

Aktuboclymenia Bogoslovsky 1979
Clymenia Münster, 1834

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Devonian of Australia.

References

Clymeniidae in the Paleobiology Database
GBIF
Encyclopedia of Life

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