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Molluscs of Tasmania

Cranchiidae – Taoniinae: Taonius VOSS sp 3 (‘VOSS sp 3 cranch-squid’)

Synonym(s):

VOSS sp 3
Typical mantle-length not yet determined. Lives in offshore waters. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps other states). In Tasmanian waters, this species has been recorded as beak(s) recovered from the guts of beached whale(s).

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Taoniinae
Genus: Taonius

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