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Trachyteuthis

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Trachyteuthididae

Taxonomy
Trachyteuthis is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Sepia hastiformis. It is the type genus of Trachyteuthidae.

It was assigned to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachyteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966), Engeser and Reitner (1985), Fuchs (2006) and Fuchs and Larson (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Coccoteuthis Owen
1950Voltzia Schevill p. 99
1966Trachyteuthis Jeletzky p. 45
1985Trachyteuthis Engeser and Reitner p. 258
2002Trachyteuthis Sepkoski
2006Trachyteuthis Fuchs p. 10
2011Trachyteuthis Fuchs and Larson p. 816

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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)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
familyTrachyteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusTrachyteuthis

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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Trachyteuthis bacchiai Fuchs and Larson 2011
Trachyteuthis hastiformis Rüppell 1829
Invalid names: Coccoteuthis Owen 1855 [synonym], Voltzia Schevill 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available