Acanthoteuthis
Extinct genus of molluscs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acanthoteuthis is a belemnite genus, a squid-like cephalopod with an internal shell from the Late Jurassic Epoch, related to modern coleoids.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | †Belemnitida |
Family: | †Belemnotheutidae |
Genus: | †Acanthoteuthis Wagner in Münster, 1839 |
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Acanthoteuthis belongs to the belemnoid family Belemnotheutidae in which the pointed rostrum at the back of the phragmocone is lacking.