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Prototeuthina

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia

Taxonomy
Prototeuthina was named by Naef (1921).

It was corrected as Prototeuthidina by Fuchs and Larson (2011) and Jattiot et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Teuthida by Jeletzky (1966) and Riegraf (1987); to Vampyropoda by Fuchs (2006), Fuchs and Larson (2011) and Jattiot et al. (2015); and to Octobrachia by Fuchs (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Prototeuthina Naef
1966Prototeuthina Jeletzky p. 42
1987Prototeuthina Riegraf p. 262
2006Prototeuthina Fuchs p. 6
2011Prototeuthidina Fuchs and Larson p. 235
2015Prototeuthidina Jattiot et al. p. 150
2019Prototeuthina Fuchs p. 1

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

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.

Subor. †Prototeuthina Naef 1921
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Fm. †Lioteuthididae Naef 1922
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G. †Lioteuthis Naef 1921
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Fm. †Plesioteuthidae Naef 1921
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G. †Boreopeltis Engeser and Reitner 1985
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Boreopeltis helgolandiae Engeser and Reitner 1985
Boreopeltis ifrimae Fuchs and Stinnesbeck 2021
Boreopeltis sagittata Naef 1921
Boreopeltis smithi Fuchs and Larson 2011
G. †Dorateuthis Woodward 1883
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Dorateuthis syriaca Woodward 1883
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Invalid names: Curculionites senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Geophilus senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Sepialites sahilalmae Naef 1922 [synonym]
G. †Eromangateuthis Fuchs 2019
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G. †Maioteuthis Reitner and Engeser 1982
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Maioteuthis damesi Engeser and Reitner 1985
Maioteuthis morroensis Reitner and Engeser 1982
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Plesioteuthis arcuata von der Marck 1873
Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward 1896
G. †Styloteuthis Fritsch 1910
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Styloteuthis convexa Fritsch 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available