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Mojsisovicsteuthis meneghinii

Cephalopoda

Taxonomy
Atractites meneghinii was named by Salomon (1895). It is not extant. Its type locality is North side of the Marmolata / Passo di Fedaia, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in the Marmolata Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Mojsisovicsteuthis meneghinii by Rieber (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. subrotundus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Atractites meneghinii Salomon
1973Mojsisovicsteuthis meneghinii Rieber

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
genusMojsisovicsteuthis
speciesmeneghinii()

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.

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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

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Atractites meneghinii (type locality: 202272)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Mojsisovicsteuthis meneghinii (44684 44688 44690)