''Sigmocycloceras'' is a nautiloid

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

discovered in the Middle Ordovician of Korea, said to be similar to ''

Sactorthoceras ''Sactorthceras'' is an orthoceratoid genus (subclass Nautiloidea s.l.) known from the Middle Ordovician of eastern North America (NY), Norway and Korea and is the type genus of the Sactorthoceratidae. ''Sactorthceras'' was named by Kobayashi i ...

'', and included in the

Sactorthoceratidae The Sactorthoceratidae comprise Orthocerataceaen genera with a subcentral suborthochoanitic siphuncle composed of slightly expanded segments and free of organic deposits. The camerae (chambers) of the phragmocone (chambered portion) likewise ...

, but unique in being longitudinally sigmoid and sculpted with transverse annuli.

References

* Walter C Sweet 1964. Nautiloidea-Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol Soc of America and Univ. Kansas Press. Nautiloids {{paleo-cephalopod-stub