MolluscaBase taxon details
Palaeoctopus H. Woodward, 1896 †
1715830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1715830)
accepted
Genus
Calais H. Woodward, 1896 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Calais...)
invalid: junior homonym of Calais Laporte, 1836; Palaeoctopus is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Woodward, H. (1896). <i>Calaïs newboldi</i>. <em>The Geological Magazine.</em> new ser., decade 4, 3: 567., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30521891 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Palaeoctopus H. Woodward, 1896 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1715830 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Woodward, H. (1896). <i>Calaïs newboldi</i>. <em>The Geological Magazine.</em> new ser., decade 4, 3: 567., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30521891 [details]
original description (of Calais H. Woodward, 1896 †) Woodward, H. (1896). On a fossil <i>Octopus</i> (<i>Calaïs newboldi</i>, J. de C. Sby. MS) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 52: 229–234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37051172 [details]
original description (of Calais H. Woodward, 1896 †) Woodward, H. (1896). On a fossil <i>Octopus</i> (<i>Calaïs newboldi</i>, J. de C. Sby. MS) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 52: 229–234., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37051172 [details]
