Mariella

For other uses, see Mariella (disambiguation).
Mariella
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian
Mariella lewesiensis fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ancyloceratida
Superfamily: Turrilitaceae
Family: Turrilitidae
Genus: Mariella
Nowak, 1916

Mariella is an ammonoid genus, named by Nowak (1916) from the upper Albian and Cenomanian stages of the mid Cretaceous, included in the Turrilitidae. Its type is Turrilites bergeri

Description

Mariella resembles Turrilites in general form. The shell is asymmetric, closely wound in a long expanding trochoidal spire. Ribs are slightly oblique and are rather feeble, each with 4 more or less equally spaced tublercles. Turrilites differs primarily in being more strongly ribbed and in having a more oval aperture.

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