BELOSAEPIIDAE Dixon, 1850

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 805

Family BELOSAEPIIDAE Dixon, 1850

Sepiostera – Deshayes, 1833a: 40-41, nomen nudum.

blainvillii , Sepia – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 758-759, 50, pl. 101, figs 13-15; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 616, as “ Belosepia ” [unjustified emendation of Belosaepia ]. — Type localities: Valmondois & Tancrou. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Thought to preoccupy Sepia blainvillei d’Orbigny , in d’Orbigny & Férussac, 1842, which was renamed Sepia indica d’Orbigny, 1845 . — Current status: Belosaepia blainvillii (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132; Pacaud & Le Renard 1995: 187; Pacaud 2008: 78).

cuvieri , Sepia – Deshayes, 1836-RegAnim: pl. 5, fig. 2, 2a, non d’Orbigny, 1826, non Deshayes, 1835 [ Sepiidae ]. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated. Deshayes indicated that this species might belong to Beloptera Blainville, 1827 . — Current status: possibly a synonym of Beloptera sepioidea Blainville, 1824 , now placed in Belosaepia ( Riegraf et al. 1998: 316-317; Kosták & Hosgör 2012: 61).

defrancii , Sepia – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 759, 50, pl. 101, figs 1-3, as ex Blainville ms [vernacular].— Type localities:Valognes & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 783, syntype from Valmondois. — Current status: synonym of Belosaepia compressa ( Blainville, 1827) [ Beloptera ] ( Cossmann, 1892: 8).

longirostris , Sepia – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 757-758, 50, pl. 101, figs 10-12. — Type localities:Parnes & Mouchy-le-Châtel. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian).1865-DescrCoqFoss: 617, synonymized with “ Belosepia ” [ Belosaepia ] sepioidea ( Blainville, 1825) [ Beloptera ], the type species of Belosaepia Voltz, 1830 – Current status: synonym of Belosaepia sepioidea ( Blainville, 1825) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132, without synonymy).

longispina, Sepia – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 757, 50, pl. 101, figs 4-6. — Type locality: Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). 1865-DescrCoqFoss: “617” [627], synonymized with “ Belosepia ” [ Belosaepia ] sepioidea ( Blainville, 1825) [ Beloptera ], ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132, without synonymy). — Current status: synonym of Belosaepia sepioidea ( Blainville, 1825) .

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compressa , Belosepia – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 616. — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). Cited figs from 1 st edition, pl. 101, figs 1-3, of Sepia defrancii Deshayes, 1835 . — Current status: Stenosepia compressa ( Blainville, 1827) [ Belemnites ] ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132; Pacaud 2008: 78).