Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Cephalopoda - (Order) Octopoda - (Family) Argonautidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Argonautidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809

Original entries

Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Argonauta cymbiú Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Argonautidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 213.

Alternative positions

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1161.

Historical positions

Incirrata (Suborder) Grimpe, 1917	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 366. [rough position]
Argonautidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 213.
Argonautidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 334.
Octopoda (Order) Leach, 1817	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Coleoidea (Subclass) Bather, 1888	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Argonautidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1102.
Octopoda (Order) Leach, 1817	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1161.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 708. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[7s]
2001	Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda: [27]	[7s]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1102	6?s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]