Biology:Argonauta itoigawai

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Short description: Extinct species of mollusc

Argonauta itoigawai
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Argonauta
Species:
A. itoigawai
Binomial name
Argonauta itoigawai
Tomida, 1983

Argonauta itoigawai is an extinct species of octopus. It was described in 1983 based on fossil material from the Pliocene Senhata Formation in Bōsō Peninsula, Japan .[1]

References

  1. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4789672 entry