Biology:Mizuhobaris

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Mizuhobaris
Temporal range: Miocene
Mizuhobaris izumoensis.jpg
Mizuhobaris izumoensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Mizuhobaris
Yokoyama, 1913
Species
  • Mizuhobaris izumoensis
    Yokoyama, 1913
  • Mizuhobaris lepta
    Saul & Stadum, 2005

Mizuhobaris is an extinct genus of shelled octopods from the Late Miocene.

M. lepta was found in the Los Angeles Basin, California . This species is characterised by low radial ribs on a thin, keelless, planispirally coiled eggcase. It represents the first Argonautidae fossil from the Western Hemisphere.[1]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q6884803 entry