Argonauta itoigawai
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]
| Argonauta itoigawai Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Argonautidae |
| Genus: | Argonauta |
| Species: | †A. itoigawai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Argonauta itoigawai Tomida, 1983 | |
References
- 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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