Argonauta itoigawai
Argonauta itoigawai Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Argonautidae |
Genus: | Argonauta |
Species: | †A. itoigawai
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Binomial name | |
†Argonauta itoigawai , 1983
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Argonauta itoigawai is an extinct species of octopus. It was described in 1983 based on fossil material from the Pliocene in Bōsō Peninsula, Japan.[1]
References[]
- ^ Tomida, S. (1983). Two new fossil Argonauta and firstly discovered Aturia coxi Miller from the late Tertiary of Boso Peninsula, Japan. Muzunami-shi Fossil Museum Bulletin 10: 107-116.
Categories:
- Argonauta
- Fossil taxa described in 1983
- Extinct animals of Japan
- Octopus stubs