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Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei

Cephalopoda - Diplobelida - Chondroteuthidae

Taxonomy
Belemnoteuthis montefiorei was named by Buckman (1880). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH C5026. Its type locality is Belemnoteuthis montefiorei type locality, Charmouth, which is in a Sinemurian marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Belemnites montefiorei by Crick (1902); it was recombined as Acanthoteuthis montefiorei by Rietschel (1977); it was recombined as Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei by Fuchs et al. (2013); it was recombined as Phragmoteuthis montefiorei by Riegraf (1982), Engeser and Clarke (1988), Donovan (2006), Fuchs (2006) and Fuchs et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Belemnoteuthis montefiorei Buckman p. 141 fig. 1
1902Belemnites montefiorei Crick p. 13 figs. pl. 1
1907Belemnoteuthis montefiorei Crick p. 269 figs. pl. 23
1922Acanthoteuthis jaeckeli Naef p. 179 fig. 65e
1977Acanthoteuthis montefiorei Rietschel p. 124 fig. 3
1982Phragmoteuthis montefiorei Riegraf p. 92 figs. 1b, 2b
1988Phragmoteuthis montefiorei Engeser and Clarke p. 136
2006Phragmoteuthis montefiorei Donovan p. 674 figs. 1, 6A
2006Phragmoteuthis montefiorei Fuchs p. 68
2013Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei Fuchs et al. p. 250 figs. 5A-C
2013Phragmoteuthis montefiorei Fuchs et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderDiplobelidaJeletzky 1965
familyChondroteuthidae(Jeletzky 1965)
genusClarkeiteuthis
speciesmontefiorei(Buckman 1880)

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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Invalid names: Acanthoteuthis jaeckeli Naef 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Belemnoteuthis montefiorei (210061)