Liroceratoidea Hyatt, 1900

Korn, Dieter & Ghaderi, Abbas, 2025, Late Permian nautiloids from Julfa (NW Iran), European Journal of Taxonomy 1018, pp. 1-113 : 81

Superfamily Liroceratoidea Hyatt, 1900

Diagnosis

Superfamily of the suborder Liroceratina with a pachyconic and rarely discoidal or globular, subinvolute to involute conch. Whorl profile usually circular or depressed oval without distinct ventrolateral shoulder; in some species with a pronounced but rounded ventrolateral shoulder. Dorsal whorl zone usually small to moderately deep. Juvenile sculpture in the early species with spiral lines that may be restricted to the umbilical area; derived species are often smooth. Suture line very simple, almost straight across flanks and venter (from Korn 2025).

Included families

Liroceratidae Miller & Youngquist, 1949 (Carboniferous to Triassic); Coloceratidae Hyatt, 1893 [homonym; synonym of Liroceratidae Miller & Youngquist, 1949 ]; Paranautilidae Kummel in Flower & Kummel, 1950 (Triassic); Permonautilidae Barskov & Shilovsky, 2014 (Permian); Planetoceratidae Korn, 2025 (Carboniferous); Julfanautilidae fam. nov. (Permian).

Remarks

A detailed discussion of the Liroceratoidea has been given by Korn (2025).