Argonauta itoigawai

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Argonauta itoigawai
Fossil range: Pliocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
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 Boso Peninsula, Japan.[1]

[edit] 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.
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