Strandoceras Flower, 1946

Kröger, Björn, 2013, The cephalopods of the Boda Limestone, Late Ordovician, of Dalarna, Sweden, European Journal of Taxonomy 41, pp. 1-110 : 16

Genus Strandoceras Flower, 1946

Type species

Protophragmoceras tyriense Strand, 1934 , Stavnestangen, Ringerike, Norway, Gastropod Limestone, late Katian, Late Ordovician; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Strongly compressed cyrtocones with narrowly rounded venter; in conch cross section shallow longitudinal furrow at left and right flank in direct vicinity of siphuncle; siphuncle close to concave margin of conch; sutures with shallow lateral lobe and acute ventral saddle; septal necks are short cyrtochoanitic; connecting ring thick, strongly expanded within chambers; aperture is open with shallow peristomal saddle at flank. (Adopted from Kröger 2007.)