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From sub- + orthochoanitic. Invented by R. H. Flower in 1946. "Ordovician cephalopods of the Cincinnati region". Bull. Amer. Paleontology, vol. 29, no. 116
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suborthochoanitic
Today it means: (of nautiloids) Slightly recurved short septal necks, between orthochoanitic and cyrtochoanitic. Full definition →