†Salpingoteuthis tessoniana d'Orbigny 1843 (belemnite)
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Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Salpingoteuthididae
Alternative combination: Belemnites tessonianus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1843. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 6-16):81-192
Belongs to Salpingoteuthis according to R. Enay et al. 1994
See also d'Orbigny 1843
Sister taxa: Salpingoteuthis dorsetensis, Salpingoteuthis trisulcata
Type specimen: BMNH-73976
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Salpingoteuthis tessoniana in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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