Belosaepia Temporal range:
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Belosepia sepioidea | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Sepiida |
Family: | † Belosaepiidae |
Genus: | † Belosaepia |
Species | |
Belosaepia, occasionally incorrectly Belosepia, [2] is an extinct genus of cuttlefish-like cephalopod known from the Eocene. [1]
Species of the genus Belosaepia reached 18 centimetres (7.1 in) in length and 5 centimetres (2.0 in) across and had a large siphuncle that penetrated its oblique septa. [1] The shell was endogastrically coiled. [1] It had a small belemnite-like guard, which took the form of a short horn at the posterior end of the shell; [1] usually, only a small portion of the shell closest to the guard is preserved. The chambers in the shell closely resemble those present in the cuttlebone of modern cuttlefish. [1]
Belosaepia lived close to the sea floor. [1]