Spirulida

Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Spirula spirula) and several extinct taxa.

Spirulida
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent*
Spirula spirula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Superorder: Decapodiformes
Order: Spirulida
Stolley, 1919
Suborders

†Groenlandibelina
†Belopterina
Spirulina

Fossil record

  • Oldest representative: Carboniferous, though contested: see Shimanskya
  • Oldest uncontested representative: Late Jurassic[1]

Classification

  • Order Spirulida
    • ?Family †Shimanskyidae
    • Suborder †Groenlandibelina Khromov, 1990
    • Suborder †Belopterina Engeser, 1998
      • Family †Belemnoseidae
      • Family †Belopteridae
    • Suborder Spirulina Pompeckj, 1912
      • Family †Spirulirostridae
      • Family †Spirulirostrinidae
      • Family Spirulidae
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References

  1. Fuchs, Dirk; Keupp, Helmut; Trask, PAT; Tanabe, Kazushige (2012). "Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny of Late Cretaceous spirulid coleoids (Cephalopoda) from Greenland and Canada". Palaeontology. 55 (2): 285. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01125.x.
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