| Bistrialites Temporal range: Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Superfamily: | Clydonautilaceae |
| Family: | Liroceratidae |
| Genus: |
Bistrialites Turner, 1954 |
Bistrialites is an involute, globose Clydonautilacean belonging to the Liroceratidae with a reniform whorl section, large funnel shaped umbilcus, smooth surface except for spiral ornament in the region of the umbilical shoulder. Bistrialites comes from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Europe.