Clathroceras

{{Short description|Genus of fossil molluscs}}

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| taxon = Clathroceras

| authority = Foerste, 1926

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|Clathroceras plicatum|Stridsberg, 1985

|Clathroceras sulcatum|(Barrande, 1865)

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Clathroceras is an extinct genus of straight oncocerid belonging to the family Trimeroceratidae. It comprises several species, including Clathroceras plicatum{{cite web | url=https://fossiilid.info/9427 | title=Clathroceras plicatum }} and C. sulcatum.{{cite web | url=https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/8034000100.htm | title=WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Clathroceras sulcatum }}

C. plicatum was discovered in Gotland, Sweden, and C. sulcatum in the Czech Republic. The latter was originally classified as part of the distantly-related oncocerid genus Phragmoceras.

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