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Belosepiella

Cephalopoda - Sepiida - Belosepiellidae

Taxonomy
Belosepiella was named by Alessandri (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 307]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Belosepiellidae.

It was assigned to Belosepiellidae by Jeletzky (1966); and to Sepiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Belosepiella Alessandri
1966Belosepiella Jeletzky p. 107
2002Belosepiella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderDecabrachiaBoettger 1952
orderSepiidaZittel 1895
familyBelosepiellidaeNaef 1921
genusBelosepiellaAlessandri 1905

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.

G. †Belosepiella Alessandri 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:30:02
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:30:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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