Nautilus stenomphalus
White-patch Nautlius
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nautilus stenomphalus shell about 12.5 cm diameter found washed up at Lizard Island.
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nautilus stenomphalus shell about 12.5 cm diameter found washed up at Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Nautilida
Family
Nautilidae
Genus
Nautilus
Species
Nautilus stenomphalus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Shell with a closed umbilicus (inner coils of shell not visible) and the brown/orange bands do not reach the umbilicus (Reid, 2016).
Size
- Up to 17 cm (shell diameter according to Reid, 2016)
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Reid, A. (2016). Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories CSIRO, Clayton, Vic., Australia.
Other references
- Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1986). Color and body patterns in cephalopods from Lizard Island, Australia,Unpublished manuscript. LIRS catalog number 204.
- Roper, C.F.E. and F.G. Hochberg (1987). Cephalopods of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria, 3: 15-20. LIRS catalog number 238.
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