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Dactyloteuthis digitalis

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Dactyloteuthis digitalis is a species in the family Megateuthididae, order Belemnitida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Luxembourg.

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Quick facts about Dactyloteuthis digitalis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Dactyloteuthis digitalis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Dactyloteuthis digitalis is listed for 1 country.

Luxembourg
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Luxembourg

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Dactyloteuthis digitalis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Dactyloteuthis digitalis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderBelemnitida
  5. familyMegateuthididae
  6. genusDactyloteuthis
  7. SpeciesDactyloteuthis digitalis (Blainville, 1827)

Synonyms Belemnites digitalis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dactyloteuthis digitalis

Other species in the same genus Dactyloteuthis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Dactyloteuthis digitalis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Dactyloteuthis digitalis for 1 country: Luxembourg. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Dactyloteuthis digitalis?

Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Dactyloteuthis digitalis) belongs to the family Megateuthididae in the order Belemnitida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Dactyloteuthis digitalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactyloteuthis-digitalis

MLA

“Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Dactyloteuthis digitalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactyloteuthis-digitalis.

BibTeX
@misc{dactyloteuthis_digitalis_2026,
  title = {Dactyloteuthis digitalis (Dactyloteuthis digitalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactyloteuthis-digitalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}