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Necroteuthididae (disused)

Cephalopoda - Loligosepiida - Necroteuthididae

Taxonomy
Necroteuthidae was named by Kretzoi (1942).

It was corrected as Necroteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966), Doyle et al. (1994).

It was assigned to Trachyteuthoidae by Kretzoi (1942); and to Loligosepiina by Jeletzky (1966), Doyle et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Necroteuthidae Kretzoi p. 124
1966Necroteuthididae Jeletzky p. 42
1994Necroteuthididae Doyle et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderLoligosepiida(Jeletzky 1965)
familyNecroteuthididae()
familyNecroteuthididae()

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.

Fm. †Necroteuthididae Kretzoi 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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