Nautilus (genus)

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Nautilus
Nautilus pompilius
Nautilus pompilius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Nautilida
Family: Nautilidae
Genus: Nautilus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Synonyms
  • Nautarius
    Dumeril, 1806
  • Nautilus
    Schneider, 1784
    (never published; rejected generic name)

The genus Nautilus contains four species of nautiluses, which differ significantly in terms of morphology from those placed in the sister taxon Allonautilus.

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