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The Argonautidae Family includes 4 species comprising only one genus (Argonauta)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Cephalopoda 
  Subclass    : Coleoidea 
   Superorder  : Octopodiformes 
    Order       : Octopoda 
     Suborder    : Incirrata 
      Superfamily : Argonautoidea 
       Family      : Argonautidae 
    

Common name : argonaut

Aspect : small octopuses, the female of which secretes a papery pod to shelter its eggs and to regulate its depth of buoyancy. Shell with a contour resembling the nautilus

Feeding : carnivore

Environment : all warm seas, especially the Mediterranean

Argonauta argo
Argonauta hians

Total collection for Argonautidae : 2 species (3 shells in total)

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