Nautiloidea

Japanese: Nautiloidea
Nautiloidea

…Compared to the 3,500 or so fossil species, there are only four living species, the others being N. belauensis in the Palau Islands, N. macromphalus from New Caledonia to Fiji, and N. scrobiculata in New Guinea. [Takashi Okutani]
[Fossils and systematics]
The fossil nautiloids (subclass) Nautiloidea consist of approximately 75 families, 300 genera and 3,500 species, with the order Nautilida alone consisting of 24 families and 165 genera. They appeared in the early Paleozoic era and flourished in geological times to a degree that is incomparable to today. Unlike the Cenozoic and Mesozoic nautiloids (narrow sense), including present-day species, the Paleozoic nautiloids (broad sense) often had shells that were straight and cone-shaped, or slightly curved like the horns on an animal's head.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Nautiloidea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…化石種は約3500種と多いのに比べ,現生種はわずかに4種で,他にパラオ諸島にパラオオウムガイN.belauensis,ニューカレドニアからフィジーにかけてオオベソオウムガイN.macromphalus,ニューギニアにヒロベソオウムガイN.scrobiculataが産する。【奥谷 喬司】
【化石と系統分類】
 化石オウムガイ類(亜綱)Nautiloideaはほぼ75科300属3500種,オウムガイ目Nautilidaだけでも24科165属あって,古生代初期から出現し,地質時代には現在とは比べるべくもなく繁栄した。現在の種を含めて,新生代や中生代のオウムガイ類(狭義)とは異なって,古生代のオウムガイ類(広義)の仲間には,まっすぐに円錐状にのびた殻をもったり,動物の頭の角のように少しだけ曲がった殻をもったりする種類が多かった。…

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