Trachyteuthis (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae

Synonyms: Coccoteuthis Owen 1855, Voltzia Schevill 1950

Parent taxon: Trachyteuthididae according to D. Fuchs and N. Larson 2011

See also Engeser and Reitner 1985, Fuchs 2006, Jeletzky 1966, Schevill 1950 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glyphidiopsis, Glyphiteuthis

Subtaxa: Trachyteuthis bacchiai Trachyteuthis hastiformis Voltzia palmeri

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Type: Sepia hastiformis

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Lebanon (2)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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