Arionoceras
Introduction '''''Arionoceras''''' is an extinct orthocerid genus from the Middle and Upper Silurian, of Europe that is estimated to have lived from 422.9 to 418.1 mya, existing for approximately .
Taxonomy ''Arionoceras'' was named by Barskov (1966)  and originally assigned to the Michelinoceratidae, but attributed by Serpagli and Gnoli (1977) -''ibid'' to the Geisonoceratidae Zhuravleva (1959) "on the basis of the (admittedly irregular) occurrence of a lining-like endosiphucular deposit." Dzik (1984) assigned ''Arionoceras'' to the newly proposed Arionoceratidae as the type genus. Sepkoski (2002) follows previous authors in putting ''Arionoceras'' in the Orthoceratida.
Morphology ''Arionoceras'' has a straight or slightly curved shell with a circular or depressed cross section, smooth or transversely sculptured surface, and large apically pointed protoconch. The siphuncle is central with very short suborthochoanitic septal necks and cylindrical connecting rings. Apical chambers in adults have  cameral deposits.
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