North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137676)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Argonautidae Cantraine, 1841

Original name

Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta arctica O. Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Argonauta compressus Blainville, 1826 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Argonauta corrugata Humphrey, 1797 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Argonauta corrugatus Humphrey, 1797 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on the Official Index)
Species Argonauta cygnus Monterosato, 1889 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta ferussaci Monterosato, 1914 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta haustrum W. Wood, 1818 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Argonauta minor Risso, 1854 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (junior synonym)
Species Argonauta monterosatoi Coen, 1914 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta naviformis Conrad, 1854 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta papyria Conrad, 1854 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Argonauta sebae Monterosato, 1914 accepted as Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Species Argonauta uniumbilicatus O. G. Costa, 1830 accepted as Scissurella costata A. d'Orbigny, 1824

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 708 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137676 on 2026-05-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137676 on 2026-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-09-05 13:59:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-09-01 15:41:13Z

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Gofas, Serge

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-05-09 20:38:00Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2025-02-07 17:14:08Z

changed

Nielsen, Sven

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 708 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Finn J.K. (2013) Taxonomy and biology of the argonauts (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae) with particular reference to Australian material. Molluscan Research 33(3): 143-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2013.824854 [details]

additional source Finn J.K. (2014). Family Argonautidae. pp. 228-237, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 229 [details]

subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): vol. 2 p. 7 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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