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Definition: Argonautidae

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Represented solely by the genus Argonauta.[Wordnet].

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Common Expressions: Argonautidae

Expressions Definition
Family Argonautidae Represented solely by the genus Argonauta. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Argonautidae

Argonautidae

Argonautidae
Fossil range: Oligocene – Recent
Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa.
Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Superfamily: Argonautoida
Family: Argonautidae
Tryon, 1879
Genera

Argonauta
†Izumonauta
†Kapal
†Mizuhobaris
†Obinautilus

Argonautidae is a family of cephalopods encompassing the modern paper nautiluses of the genus Argonauta along with several extinct genera of shelled octopods.

All eggcases possessing nodes, ribs, and a double keel, with the exception of those of Kapal batavus, have been assigned to Argonauta. Eggcases lacking these morphological features have been placed in the other Argonautidae genera.[1]

Fossil Argonautidae eggcases have been described from Japan, New Zealand, Sumatra, Europe, and California.[1]

References

  1. a b Saul, L. & C. Stadum (2005). "Fossil Argonauts (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodida) From Late Miocene Siltstones Of The Los Angeles Basin, California". Journal of Paleontology 79 (3): 520-531. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079%3C0520:FAMCOF%3E2.0.CO;2 . 

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