Argonauta absyrtus Martill and Barker 2006 (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Argonautidae

Full reference: D. M. Martill and M. J. Barker. 2006. A paper nautilus (Octopoda, Argonauta) from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus. Palaeontology 49(5):1035-1041

Belongs to Argonauta according to D. M. Martill and M. J. Barker 2006

Sister taxa: Argonauta argo, Argonauta biarmata, Argonauta tokunagai

Type specimen: BMNH C 93790, a shell (near complete shell as part and counterpart)

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at B8 road, junction with the road to Lofou (Miocene of Cyprus)

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