WoRMS taxon details
Megateuthis suevica (Klein, 1773) †
1757465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1757465)
accepted
Species
Belemnites aalensis Voltz, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites bollensis Quenstedt, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites giganteus Schlotheim, 1820 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Belemnites gigas Blainville, 1827 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites hemicylindrus Klein, 1773 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites milleri Deshayes, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites paxillosus Schlotheim, 1813 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Belemnites suevicus Klein, 1773 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Holcoteuthis paxillosa (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megateuthis gigantea Schlotheim, 1820 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megateuthis giganteus (Schlotheim, 1820) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Passaloteuthis paxillosa (Schlotheim, 1813) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Belemnites suevicus Klein, 1773 †) Klein J.T. (1773). Descriptiones tubulorum marinorum in quorum censum relati lapides caudae cancri gesneri et his similes Belemnitae eorumque alveoli secundum dispositionem musei Kleiniani addita est dissertatio epistolaris de pilis marinis. <em>Danzig, Leipzig (Gleditsch). [2nd edit.].</em> 44 p.
page(s): 27-28, pl. 7, fig. 2-3 [details]
page(s): 27-28, pl. 7, fig. 2-3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megateuthis suevica (Klein, 1773) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757465 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Belemnites giganteus Schlotheim, 1820 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Belemnites suevicus Klein, 1773 †) Klein J.T. (1773). Descriptiones tubulorum marinorum in quorum censum relati lapides caudae cancri gesneri et his similes Belemnitae eorumque alveoli secundum dispositionem musei Kleiniani addita est dissertatio epistolaris de pilis marinis. <em>Danzig, Leipzig (Gleditsch). [2nd edit.].</em> 44 p.
page(s): 27-28, pl. 7, fig. 2-3 [details]
original description (of Belemnites hemicylindrus Klein, 1773 †) Klein J.T. (1773). Descriptiones tubulorum marinorum in quorum censum relati lapides caudae cancri gesneri et his similes Belemnitae eorumque alveoli secundum dispositionem musei Kleiniani addita est dissertatio epistolaris de pilis marinis. <em>Danzig, Leipzig (Gleditsch). [2nd edit.].</em> 44 p.
page(s): 30, pl. 9, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Belemnites paxillosus Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 51, 70, 100 [details]
original description (of Belemnites gigas Blainville, 1827 †) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1827). Mémoire sur les Bélemnites considérées zoologiquement et géologiquement. Levrault, Paris, 136 p., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31719534
page(s): 91-93, pl. 3, fig. 9, 9a [details]
original description (of Belemnites aalensis Voltz, 1830 †) Voltz M. (1830). Observations sur les Belernnites. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg.</em> 1: [4]-70-[2] pp, 8 pl. + 2 pl. suppl.
page(s): 60-62, pl. 4; pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Belemnites milleri Deshayes, 1830 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 2: 129 [details]
original description (of Belemnites bollensis Quenstedt, 1852 †) Quenstedt, F. A. (1852). Zu den Belemniten. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde.</em> 1852: 641-651., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36411577
page(s): 649 [details]
basis of record Riegraf W. (2000). Taxonomic revision and lectotypes for the belemnites described by Baron Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim (1764–1832). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 74: 281–303.
page(s): 289, figs. 11-12, 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Belemnites suevicus Klein, 1773 †) Klein J.T. (1773). Descriptiones tubulorum marinorum in quorum censum relati lapides caudae cancri gesneri et his similes Belemnitae eorumque alveoli secundum dispositionem musei Kleiniani addita est dissertatio epistolaris de pilis marinis. <em>Danzig, Leipzig (Gleditsch). [2nd edit.].</em> 44 p.
page(s): 27-28, pl. 7, fig. 2-3 [details]
original description (of Belemnites hemicylindrus Klein, 1773 †) Klein J.T. (1773). Descriptiones tubulorum marinorum in quorum censum relati lapides caudae cancri gesneri et his similes Belemnitae eorumque alveoli secundum dispositionem musei Kleiniani addita est dissertatio epistolaris de pilis marinis. <em>Danzig, Leipzig (Gleditsch). [2nd edit.].</em> 44 p.
page(s): 30, pl. 9, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Belemnites paxillosus Schlotheim, 1813 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1813). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. <em>Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Dr. Carl Caesar Leonhard.</em> 7: 3-134., available online at https://archive.org/stream/taschenbuchfrdi24leongoog#page/n19/
page(s): 51, 70, 100 [details]
original description (of Belemnites gigas Blainville, 1827 †) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1827). Mémoire sur les Bélemnites considérées zoologiquement et géologiquement. Levrault, Paris, 136 p., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31719534
page(s): 91-93, pl. 3, fig. 9, 9a [details]
original description (of Belemnites aalensis Voltz, 1830 †) Voltz M. (1830). Observations sur les Belernnites. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg.</em> 1: [4]-70-[2] pp, 8 pl. + 2 pl. suppl.
page(s): 60-62, pl. 4; pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Belemnites milleri Deshayes, 1830 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 2: 129 [details]
original description (of Belemnites bollensis Quenstedt, 1852 †) Quenstedt, F. A. (1852). Zu den Belemniten. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde.</em> 1852: 641-651., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36411577
page(s): 649 [details]
basis of record Riegraf W. (2000). Taxonomic revision and lectotypes for the belemnites described by Baron Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim (1764–1832). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 74: 281–303.
page(s): 289, figs. 11-12, 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]
