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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of holochoanitic orthoceraconic nautiloid cephalopods having heavy, stout, short shells with very wide siphuncle, the apical portions of which are solidified by excessive deposition of shell substance. It occurs in Lower Silurian formations.

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