76 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



Teudopsis piriformis Minister, Beitr. Petref. vi. 58. t. 6. f. 3. 



1843. 

 Loligo pyriformis UOrb. Paleont. univ. t. 12. ; Moll. Viv. et Fos. 



i. 336. 



Fos. Upper Lias, Ohmden, "Wurteniburg. 



21. LOLIGO PYRIFORMIS. 



Shell ovate, oblong, smooth, dilated behind, attenuated in front. 



Loligo pyriformis B" Orb. Paleont. univer. t. 12. 1845, Paleont. 



etrang. t. 10., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 336. 

 Teudopsis pyriformis Munster, Beitr. Petref. vi. 58. t. 6. f. 3. 



1S43. 



Fos. Upper Lias. 



3. TEUTHIS. 



Body elongate, acute behind, becoming produced and elongated in 

 adult age, especially in the males. Fin rather behind the middle 

 of the sides of the back, forming a heart-shaped expansion to- 

 gether. — Head subcylindrical. Labial membrane simple, not 

 produced into angular lobes, and destitute of any cups. Shell 

 lanceolate, narrow ; rest like Loligo. 



Teuthis Aristoteles, de Anim. iv. 1.; Schneider, Samml. Verm. 112. 



1784. 

 Loligo sp. Belon, de Aquat. 339. ; Ferussac, Lamck., Leach, $e. 

 Sepia sp. Linn. 

 Loligo i3. B'Orh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 337. 



1. Teuthis paeva. 



Body subcylindrical, elongate, attenuated behind, and in the adult 

 males produced beyond the fins. Fins separate, far apart in 

 front, rhomboidal, subcordiform. Sessile arms with the oblique 

 rings armed with blunt close teeth on the higher side. Ten- 

 tacular arms long, clubbed ; rings with very close blunt teeth. 

 Shell lanceolate, broad, narrow in front. 



Loligo parva Rondelet. de Piscih. lib. xvii. cap. v. 508. 1554 ; 

 Gesner, de Aquat. lib. iv. 58].; Bossuet de Nat. Aquat. 200.; 

 Leach, Nat. Miscell. iii. 138. ; B"Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 339. 



Loligo minor, Itondeletii Aldrovand. de Moll. 72. 67. 1642; John- 

 ston, Hist. Nat. Exang. lib. i. de Moll. cap. iii. p. 8. t. 1. f. 5. ; 

 Ruysch, Theatr. Exang. 8. t. 1. f. 5. 



Sepia media Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1095. n. 3. 1767 ; Scopoli, 

 Hist. Nat. 27. ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. 54. t. 29. f. 45. ; Gmel. 



