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OK, fossil gurus. Nomenclatural challenge!! I have before me a list of nominal species (from the ref below, pp. 396-7) in the (Recent) onychoteuthid genus Onychoteuthis, some of which seem to be fossils. I will be forever indebted to anyone who can help me shed some light on the current systematic status of any of these taxa. The author (d'Orbigny) seems to think that many of them are synonyms of something he calls Acanthoteuthis prisca? Is that currently a valid name?
O. angusta (Münster, 1830)
O. cochlearis (Münster, 1837)
O. ferussaci (Münster, 1837)
O. lata (Münster, 1837)
O. prisca (Münster, 1837)
O. sagittata (Münster, 1837)
O. speciosa (Münster, 1837)
O. subovata (Münster, 1837)
O. tricarinata (Münster, 1837)
Does anyone know anything about Münster? Is he really likely to have given the same species 8 different names in the same publication? I know fossils are fragmentary and tricky, but...
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
d'Orbigny, A. 1834-1847. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale, 5(3):1-758, Atlas of 85 plates. [See Sherborn and Griffin (1934) for dates of publication]
O. angusta (Münster, 1830)
O. cochlearis (Münster, 1837)
O. ferussaci (Münster, 1837)
O. lata (Münster, 1837)
O. prisca (Münster, 1837)
O. sagittata (Münster, 1837)
O. speciosa (Münster, 1837)
O. subovata (Münster, 1837)
O. tricarinata (Münster, 1837)
Does anyone know anything about Münster? Is he really likely to have given the same species 8 different names in the same publication? I know fossils are fragmentary and tricky, but...
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

d'Orbigny, A. 1834-1847. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale, 5(3):1-758, Atlas of 85 plates. [See Sherborn and Griffin (1934) for dates of publication]