''Stroboceras'' is an extinct genus of

nautiloid Nautiloids are a group of cephalopods (Mollusca) which originated in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living ''Nautilus'' and ''Allonautilus''. Fossil nautiloids are diverse and species rich, with over 2,500 recorded species. Th ...

s named by Hyatt in 1884 that's included in the nautilid family

Trigonoceratidae The Trigonoceratidae is a family of coiled nautiloid cephalopods that lived during the period from the Early Carboniferous ( Mississippian) to the Early Permian. Diagnosis Trigonoceratidae comprise members of the order Nautilida characterized ...

; the group that have rise to the

Nautilidae A nautilus (; ) is any of the various species within the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina. It comprises nine living species in two genera, the type genus, ty ...

which includes the living ''

Nautilus A nautilus (; ) is any of the various species within the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina. It comprises nine living species in two genera, the type genus, ty ...

''. ''Stroboceras'' is characterized by a loosely coiled evolute shell bearing prominent longitudinal ridges and grooves; with a variable cross section, generally higher than wide, flanks convergent on the venter, and a subcentral siphuncle.

References

* Barnard , 1957. Nautiloidea-Nautilida.

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ...

, Part K. Geol. Soc. of America and Univ. Kansas Press.
Sepkoski's cephalopd genera
Prehistoric nautiloid genera {{paleo-Nautiloidea-stub