Primary cephalopod group: Argonautidae
Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758:708.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Mangold et al. (2016: ToL)] TYPE SPECIES. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation of Montfort, 1810:7)
Argonautarius Dumeril, 1806:156.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Unresolved] TYPE SPECIES. -- New name for Argonauta Cuvier
Todarus Rafinesque, 1815:140.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.
Todarus Rafinesque, 1840:64.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Unresolved] TYPE SPECIES. -- Todarus argo Rafinesque, 1840 by monotypy
Trichocephalus Chiaie, 1827 In 1823-1831:225.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Unresolved] TYPE SPECIES. -- Trichocephalus acetabularis Chiaie, 1825 In 1823-1831 by monotypy
Trichocephalus acetabularis Chiaie, 1827 In 1823-1831:225, 244, pl. 16 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo [hectocotylus] Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Lee et al. (2015:19)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. – Naples, Italy [fide Lee et al. (2015:19)]
Argonauta argo agglutinans [forma] Von Martens, 1867:106.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauto argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype 6.998 (shell) [fide Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta argo americana [var.] Dall, 1889:174, pl 43 figs 1-1b, pl 67.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauto argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Long Island [New York] [see Dall (1889:190, 197); Verrill 1885:648, pl 23)]
Ocythoe antiquorum Leach, 1817:139.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:182)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NHMUK Holotype 1993015 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)] TYPE LOCALITY. – Mediterranean Sea
Argonauta arctica Fabricius, 1780:386.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non cephalopod; Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) [fide Massy (1932:281)]
Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758:708.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Finn (2013:189)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- LS Syntypes; UUZM [herein ZMUU] Lectotype [fide Moolenbeek (2008:26)]; [see Finn (2013:195)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Pelago, M. Indico, Mediterrane" [fide Robson (1932:181)]
Todarus argo Rafinesque, 1840:64.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.
Argonauta argo aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Moluccas
Argonauta hians aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Batjan, Moluccas
Argonauta tuberculata aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. – Unresolved
Argonauta bibula Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. – Unresolved
Argonauta bottgeri Maltzan, 1881:163, pl 6 fig 7.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Robson (1932:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. – Unresolved [see Berry (1914:280)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta bulleri Kirk, 1886:138, pl 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide O’Shea (1999:87)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.3 (shell only) [fide Marshall (1996:45)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Portland Island, New Zealand
Argonauta compressa Blainville, 1826:212.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; [other Blainville types at MNHN] [not reported by Lu et al. (1995)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mer de Indes
Argonauta conradi Parkinson, 1856:386.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Finn (2013:202)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- "New Nantucket, Pacific Ocean"
Argonauta cornu Gmelin, 1791:3368.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non cephalopod; Lippistes cornu (Gmelin, 1791) [fide MolluscaBase Argonauta taxon list, December 2020]
Argonauta cornuta Conrad, 1854:332, pl 34 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Finn (2013:200)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Syntypes 63496 and 63497 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:1)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated for either syntype
Ocythoe cranchii Leach, 1817a:295, pl 12.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:177)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NHMUK Holotype (1 saved of several) [fide Leach (1817:295)]; not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Guinea
Argonauta crassicosta Blainville, 1826:213.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:314)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- New Holland [Australia]
Argonauta cygnus Monterosato, 1889:120.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2016:230)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MCZR Holotype M–30046 [fide Appolloni et al. (2018:86)]; [Type figure = Reeve, pl 2 fig 2e] TYPE LOCALITY. –- Palermo, Italy
Argonauta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758:709.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non-cephalopod; foraminiferous shell [fide Von Martens (1867:103)]
Argonauta dispar Conrad, 1854:332, pl 34 fig 3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Finn (2013:202)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype 129978 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:2)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta expansa Dall, 1872:303.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Finn (2013:202)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 61368 (shell) [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:7)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean
Argonauta ferussaci Monterosato, 1914:389, pl 13.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:196)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN 5-11-1166 (shell only) [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sicily, Italy
Argonauta fragilis Parkinson, 1856:387.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta geniculata Gould, 1852:471, fig. 585.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Sugarloaf [Mountain] Rio [de] Janeiro [Brazil]
Argonauta gondola Dillwyn, 1817:335.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [see Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Syntypes TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coasts of Mozambique; Isle of France
Argonauta gracilis Kirk, 1885:59, pl 13.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype (shell only); specimen not located [fide Marshall (1996:46)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Portland Island; Unresolved
Argonauta grandiformis Perry, 1811: unpaginated, pl 42 fig 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:180)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; “museum of Mr. Bullock” TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope
Argonauta gruneri Dunker, 1852:48.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Finn (2013:202)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype 108.560 [fide Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:277)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Marquesas Island, SE Pacific Ocean
Argonauta haustrum Dillwyn, 1817:335.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- East Indies
Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786:44, 139, 174.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Finn (2013:173)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; Rumphius, 1739: pl 18, fig B Lectotype [fide Moolenbeek (2008:26)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Amboina [Ambon Island], Indonesia [see Finn (2013:177)]
Tremoctopus hirondellei Joubin, 1895:10, pl 1 figs 1-2, pl 2 figs 1-3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta or Ocythoe [fide Thomas (1977:386)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 151] [fide Belloc (1950:3)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- 44°28'56"N, 46°48'15"W (Atlantic Ocean)
Argonauta kochiana Dunker, 1852:49.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype 108.561 (shell) [fide Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:277)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- China Sea
Argonauta maxima Dall, 1871:96.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.
Argonauta argo mediterranea Monterosato, 1914:387, pl 10 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:196)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:320)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean (Adriatic Sea)
Octopus (Philonexis) minimus D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:23, pl 1 figs 4-5.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Solander [[Lightfoot]], 1786 [fide Berry (1910:130)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al (1995:321)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pacific Ocean, 30°S, 92°W of Paris
Argonauta minor Risso, 1854:77, pl 33 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; [presumed no longer extant, see Caziot and Dall (1919:156)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sandy areas [?Nice]
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914:388, pl 12 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- ?Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:184)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 5-11-1161 (shell, from Japan) [fide Lu et al. (1995:321)]; Lectotype (specimen from Taranto [correct locality = Viesti, Gargano]) [fide Mienis (1994:3)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Adriatic, Japan, etc.
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen, 1914:23, pl 1 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Junior synonym and homonym of Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914 fide Mienis (1994:3)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- HUJ Lectotype (figured specimen) 20391 [fide Mienis (1994:3)]; [see Finn (2013:196)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Viesti, Gargano, Italy [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen, 1915:272, pl 5 fig 1. [see Coen In Monterosato, 1914]
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Junior synonym and homonym of Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914 [fide Mienis (1994:3)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- HUJ Lectotype 3202 [fide Mienis (1994:3)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Viesti, Gargano, Italy [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
Argonauta argo mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined [see Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta hians mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta tuberculata mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype 108.559 (shell) [fide Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:277)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coast of Brazil
Argonauta navicula [Lightfoot], 1786:18,44.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1785 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Rumphius, 1705: pl 18, fig 4 Lectotype [fide Moolenbeek (2008:27)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta naviformis Conrad, 1854:334.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. – Unresolved; “A. argo, var. Poli. Test. Sicil, iii. t. xl. fig. 2, 3”. [ANSP?, other Conrad (1854) types there; not in online catalog, 2021] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated [fide Robson (1932:183)]
Argonauta nitida Lamarck, 1822 In 1815-1822:653.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:168)] TYPE REPOSITORY. – Unresolved; Lectotype Lister (1685: t. 554, fig 5) [see Finn (2013:179); [see Cernohorsky (1974:147)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- “l’Ocean des grandes Indes et des Moluques”
Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786:96, 172.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Finn (2013:168)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Rumphius, 1705: pl 18, fig 1 Lectotype [fide Moolenbeek (2008:28)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope, Africa
Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852:9, pl 1 fig 5.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Finn (2016:236)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [fide Finn (2013:202)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- 500 leagues East of Marquesas
Argonauta argo obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB [not found by Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:276)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Indonesia
Argonauta hians obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Lectotype 7.464 (shell) [fide Kohler and Glaubrecht (2004:277)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Moluccas [Seram, Indonesia]
Argonauta tuberculata obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Syntypes TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta oryzata Meuschen, 1787:252
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [see Dall (1923)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Brighton, Victoria Australia
Argonauta owenii Adams and Reeve, 1848[1848-1850]:4, pl 3 fig 1a-d.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NHMUK Syntypes [not traced by Lipinski et al. (2000)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- South Atlantic Ocean
Argonauta pacifica Dall, 1869:238.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.
Argonauta pacifica Dall, 1871:95.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved ; [“the types of my collections were sent to Dr. P. P. Carpenter, of Montreal, the most eminent authority on the Mollusks of the West Coast of America, for his examination” p. 93] TYPE LOCALITY. – California
Argonauta papyracea Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:195)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. – Unresolved
Argonauta papyria Conrad, 1854:331, pl 34 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Syntypes (2) 62489 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:2)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved; “ex Wilson T.B., no data” [fide Finn (2013:195)]
Argonauta polita Conrad, 1854:333, pl 34 fig 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype 63498 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:3)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Ocythoe punctata Say, 1819:107.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta sp. [fide Robson (1929:215)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ANSP? Holotype [not traced by Spamer and Bogan (1992)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean near the North American coast (from stomach of dolphin)
Argonauta raricosta Leach In Blainville, 1826:213.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:179)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type repository unresolved; Holotype; MNHN? not found [fide Lu et al. (1995)]; NHMUK? not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Guinea
Octopus (Ocythoe) raricyathus Blainville, 1826:194.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:323)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta rotunda Perry, 1811:unpaginated, pl 42 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope [fide Finn (2013:160)]
Argonauta rufa Owen, 1836:23.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Incertae sedis [fide Robson (1932:181)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Holotype; [taken by P.P. King fide Owen (1842:114)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Indian seas" ["South Pacific ocean" fide Owen (1842:114)]
Argonauta sebae Valenciennes in Monterosato, 1914:387, pl 11 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Finn (2013:196)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)] TYPE LOCALITY. -- Adriatic Sea
Argonauta striata Perry, 1811:unpaginated, pl 42 fig 3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- ?Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:202)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- “author’s museum” TYPE LOCALITY. -- East Indies [fide Lee et al. (2015:19)]
Argonauta sulcata Lamarck, 1801:99.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Nomen nudum.
Argonauta tuberculata Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (20113:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Type = Der Reisbrey-Nautl. Gmel. Argon. argo, sp. I. ß. Martini I., t. 17, f. 156. 2 St. TYPE LOCALITY. – Unresolved
Argonauta tuberculosa Schumacher, 1817:260.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosus [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Finn (2013:160)] TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta vitreus Gmelin, 1791:3368.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non-cephalopod; Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767) [fide MolluscaBase taxon list, April 2021]
ANSP- Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A. [For type catalogs see Voss (1962); Spamer and Bogan (1992)]
HUJ- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905 Israel.
LS- Linnaeusan Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 0LQ, England. [For type catalog see Dodge (1953, 1959)]
MHNG- Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Case Postale 284, CH-1211, Geneve 6, Switzerland. [See Mermod (1950) for list of collections]
MHNN- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.
MNHN- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]
MOM- Musee Oceanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco. [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]
NHMUK- The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]
NMNH- National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM). [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988) for S.S. Berry taxa]
NMNZ- National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum). [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]
ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany. [For type catalog see Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]
ZMUU‑ Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala Universitets, Villavagen 9, S-751 22 Uppsala, Sweden. [For type catalog see Wallin (1996)]
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