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

See text.

Synonyms
  • Nautarius Dumeril, 1806
  • Nautilus Schneider, 1784 (never published; rejected generic name)

Nautilus is a genus of cephalopods in the family Nautilidae. Species in this genus differ significantly in terms of morphology from those placed in the sister taxon Allonautilus.

[edit] Species in the genus Nautilus

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