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Calais H. Woodward, 1896 †
1715836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1715836)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Calais Laporte, 1836; Palaeoctopus is a replacement name)
Genus
- Species Calais newboldi H. Woodward, 1896 † accepted as Palaeoctopus newboldi (H. Woodward, 1896) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calais H. Woodward, 1896 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1715836 on 2025-09-11
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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]
