Zurcheria
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Zurcheria is a genus of dwarf ammonites from the Middle Jurassic included in the Hammatoceratidae[2] and lacking a keel. The shell is evolute, inner whorls exposed; whorls compressed and slightly overlapping. Bears ribs, which are sinuous folds that project strongly onto the arched venter.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Hammatoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Zurcheriinae |
| Genus: | †Zurcheria Douville, 1885 |
