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Dactyloteuthis wrighti

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Dactyloteuthis wrighti 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 wrighti

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 wrighti 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 wrighti 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 wrighti 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 wrighti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderBelemnitida
  5. familyMegateuthididae
  6. genusDactyloteuthis
  7. SpeciesDactyloteuthis wrighti (Oppel, 1856)

Synonyms Belemnites wrighti

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dactyloteuthis wrighti

Other species in the same genus Dactyloteuthis.

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Common questions

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Where does Dactyloteuthis wrighti live?

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

What kind of animal is Dactyloteuthis wrighti?

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

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{dactyloteuthis_wrighti_2026,
  title = {Dactyloteuthis wrighti (Dactyloteuthis wrighti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactyloteuthis-wrighti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}