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Nautilus (from Latin nautilus 'paper nautilus', from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος nautílos 'little sailor') [3] are the ancient pelagic marine mollusc species of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina .
As many as 90 tentacles are arranged in two circles around the mouth. The animal is predatory, and has jaws which are horny and beak-like, allowing it to feed on crustaceans. Empty nautilus shells may drift a considerable distance and have been reported from Japan, India and Africa.
A cephalopod / ˈ s ɛ f ə l ə p ɒ d / is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda / s ɛ f ə ˈ l ɒ p ə d ə / (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες, kephalópodes; "head-feet") [3] such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus.
Nautilus is a marine cephalopod genus in the mollusk family Nautilidae. Species in this genus differ significantly, morphologically, from the two nautilus species in ...
In the genus Nautilus, the spadix is a composite erectile organ in the male located in the oral region which is composed of four highly modified tentacles and which is paired with a somewhat smaller antispadix that is also composed of four tentacles. The spadix is normally a concealed organ but quickly becomes distended upon the animal's death.
Nautilus belauensis seen from the front, showing the opening of the hyponome. Engraving of Florida freshwater applesnail Pomacea paludosa ; siphon on lower right Four specimens of Panopea generosa in a seafood tank; the paired siphons (or "necks") of this species can be one meter long
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Allonautilus scrobiculatus, or otherwise known as the crusty nautilus or fuzzy nautilus is a species of cephalopod. A. scrobiculatus ' most recently sighting was in July 2015 by biologist Peter Ward of the University of Washington. Ward's colleague, Bruce Saunders, a geologist from Bryn Mawr College was the one who had initially sighted the ...