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Paraplesioteuthis

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy
Paraplesioteuthis is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Geoteuthis sagittata. It is the type genus of Plesioteuthididae.

It was assigned to Plesioteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966); to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plesioteuthidae by Jattiot et al. (2024).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Paraplesioteuthis Jeletzky p. 45
2002Paraplesioteuthis Sepkoski
2024Paraplesioteuthis Jattiot et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
suborderPrototeuthinaNaef 1921
familyPlesioteuthidae(Naef 1921)
genusParaplesioteuthis

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