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Taxonomy
Family:
ARGONAUTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Argonautidae (Family)
> Argonauta (Genus)
> argo (Species)
Images: Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Washed up occasionally on sandy beaches
Taxonomy
Family:
ARGONAUTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Argonautidae (Family)
> Argonauta (Genus)
> argo (Species)
Details: Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Size/Grows to:
Length 200mm, Width 160mm
Distribution:
Worldwide. Northern part of North Island, Northland to Mahia, and down to Waikanae. On sandy beaches
Notes:
Paper Nautilus, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.18)
  • Woods, K. Nov/2002 Argonaut, Cookia, 13 (p.55)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.87)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.444)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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