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Enchoteuthis tonii

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Enchoteuthidae

Taxonomy
Muensterella tonii was named by Wade (1993). Its type specimen is QMF 25280 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Enchoteuthis tonii by Fuchs et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Muensterella tonii Wade p. 361 figs. 1-4
2019Enchoteuthis tonii Fuchs et al. p. 77 fig. 16E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
superfamilyMuensterelloideaRoger 1952
familyEnchoteuthidae()
genusEnchoteuthis
speciestonii(Wade 1993)

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.

Enchoteuthis tonii Wade 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:28:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:28:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available