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Conservative evolution in nautiloid shell morphology: Evidence from the Pennsylvanian nautiloid Metacoceras mcchesneyi from Ohio, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Ryoji Wani  and
Royal H. Mapes
Ryoji Wani
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Research Center, Yokohama National University, 79–2, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Japan 240–8501,
Royal H. Mapes
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701, USA,
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Abstract

Morphometric analyses of shell morphology in the Pennsylvanian nautiloid Metacoceras mcchesneyi Murphy, 1970 (Cephalopoda, Mollusca) recovered from coal mines in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA, reveal the ontogenetic change from hatching to maturity as well as intra-specific variation of shell morphology. The shell shape of M. mcchesneyi has isometric relationships, and the umbilicus diameter between umbilical shoulders has a positive allometric relationship with shell diameter. These show that the relative whorl shape was constant through the ontogeny, but the umbilicus became relatively broader with growth. The siphuncle position moved from a ventro-central position toward the center with growth until 420° of the total rotational angle had been attained. A constriction was recognized on the early whorl at 9.5 mm in shell diameter, and the interval angles of succeeding septa were changed at the 5th septum, indicating that hatching occurred at this diameter. The ventral apertural wall, the disappearance of ornamentation toward the last preserved aperture, and the last whorl separating from the previous whorl indicate that M. mcchesneyi attained maturity at ca. 70 mm in shell diameter. Most characteristics of shell morphology in M. mcchesneyi (the relative shell shape and ornamentation through ontogeny) are comparable to those in modern and younger fossil nautilids, irrespective of taxonomy and age, supporting the conclusion that evolutionary rates of shell morphology are conservative in nautilid history.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 477 - 492
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Copyright © 2010, The Paleontological Society 

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