Rhombosepion elegans
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1667162 on 2026-08-28
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modified: 2023-06-20T00:12:37Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Rhombosepion elegans (Blainville, 1827)
class: Cephalopoda
family: Sepiidae
genus: Rhombosepion
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.). Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845].
name published in: Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1826-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière.
name published in: Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28.
name published in: Vérany G.B. 1851. Mollusques méditeranéens [sic] observés, décrits, figurés et chromolitographiés d'après le vivant. 1. Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée. Gênes [Genova], imprimerie des Sourds-Muets pp. i-xvi, 1-132, with 44 plates.
name published in ID: bhl.title.42219
name published in year: 1804-1845
name published in year: 1826-1848
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1851
order: Sepiida
parent name usage ID: 341776
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Blainville, 1827)
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted