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Plesioteuthis fraasii

Cephalopoda - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy
Plesioteuthis fraasii was named by Woodward (1896). It is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward p. 233 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderOctobrachiaFiorini 1981
suborderPrototeuthinaNaef 1921
familyPlesioteuthidae(Naef 1921)
genusPlesioteuthis
speciesfraasii

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Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward 1896
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Diagnosis
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