loligid.se: teudopsis. 
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11. Sepioteuthis major. 
Body subcylindrical, attenuated posteriorly ; lateral pinnge pro- 
duced to the whole length of the body, extended in the middle. 
Sepioteuthis major Gray , Spic. Zool. 3. t. 4. f. 1. (Mus. Col. 
Surg.) ; HOrb. et Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis , t. 7. f. 12. 
1828 ; D Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 330. 
Hab . Cape of Good Hope. Mus. Col. Surgeons. The giant of 
the genus. 
Fins most dilated behind the Middle of the Body. — Chon dr o- 
sepia. 
12. Sepioteuthis loligixipormis. 
Shining fuscous colour above, flesh-coloured beneath, with 
small reddish points scattered all over ; aliform membrane 
broader towards the posterior part, of a wiolet colour under- 
neath. 
Sepioteuthis loliginiformis IF Orb. Sq Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Sepio- 
teuthis , t. 4. f. 1. 1839 ; iy Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 322. 
Chondrosepia loliginiformis Leuchart ; Riippell , Atlas zu der Reise , 
t. 21. t. 6. f. 1. 1828. 
Hab. Red Sea. 
13. Sepioteuthis ? 
Sepioteuthis sinensis D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos, i. 329. 1845, from 
Encyclop. Japonaise , art. Jeou-iu (Poisson mou). 
c. Shell elongate , pennate , broad. Animal unknown. Fossil. 
5. TEUDOPSIS. 
Animal unknown. — Shell internal, horny, spathula-formed, very 
narrow, much prolonged in front and dilated behind, with a 
narrow medial rib ; the lateral expansion broad, convex above, 
concave below, representing a kind of spoon at the hinder 
extremity. — Fossil. Upper Lias. 
Teudopsis (les Teudopsides) Deslongchamps , Mem. Soc. Linn. 
Norm. 1835, v. 74. t. 3. f. 1, 2, 3. ; D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 
359., Paleont. Franq.; Desk, in Lamck. Hist. xi. 241. 
Beloteuthis sp. Munster , Petref. vi. t. 6. f. 1 . ; Broun , Gesch. der 
Naturg. iii. 541. 
Teuthopsis Broun , Gesch. der Nat. iii. 541. misprint? 
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