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Leptotheuthis
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| Leptotheuthis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Suborder: | †Loligosepiina |
| Family: | †Leptotheuthidae |
| Genus: | †Leptotheuthis |
| Species: | †L. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Leptotheuthis gigas Meyer, 1834
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Leptotheuthis[1] is a monospecific genus of cephalopod known primarily from gladii, with soft parts often preserved in the German Solnholfen limestone.[2][3] The name is sometimes misspelled as Leptoteuthis, after an unjustified emendation published in 1845.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leptotheuthis Meyer, 1834". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ Donovan, Desmond & Fuchs, Dirk. (2016). Fossilized Soft Tissues in Coleoidea. Treatise Online. 73. 10.17161/to.v0i0.5675.
- ^ Košťák, M., Schlögl, J., Fuchs, D. et al. Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene. Commun Biol 4, 216 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0
- ^ "Leptoteuthis d'Orbigny, 1845". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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