Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Superfamily Enoploteuthoidea > Family Enoploteuthidae

Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abralia (Asteroteuthis)*	Pfeffer, 1908	synonym; alternate representation
*Abralia (Compsoteuthis)*	Pfeffer, 1900	synonym
*Compsoteuthis*	Pfeffer, 1900	synonym

Children

Abralia (Nepioteuthion) Pfeffer, 1912
Abralia veranyi (Rüppell, 1844)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Enoploteuthidae. In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. pp. 183-200.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abralia J. E. Gray, 1849. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137930