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Plesioteuthis

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy
Plesioteuthis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plesioteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966) and Engeser and Reitner (1985); and to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Plesioteuthis Jeletzky p. 45
1985Plesioteuthis Engeser and Reitner p. 250
2002Plesioteuthis Sepkoski

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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)
genusPlesioteuthis

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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Plesioteuthis arcuata von der Marck 1873
Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available