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Dactyloteuthis digitalis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy
Belemnites digitalis was named by Blainville (1827).

It was recombined as Dactyloteuthis digitalis by Delsate and Weis (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. trifidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Belemnites digitalis Blainville
2010Dactyloteuthis digitalis Delsate and Weis figs. Pl 5, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusDactyloteuthis
speciesdigitalis(Blainville 1827)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dactyloteuthis digitalis Blainville 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Variabilis or 182.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Dactyloteuthis digitalis (141383 141384)