Biology:Decoritidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Decoritidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Gastrioceratoidea
Family: Decoritidae
Ruzhencev & Bogoslovskaya 1975
Genera
  • Brevikites
  • Decorites
  • Kushanites

Decoritidae is one of five families of the Gastrioceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5249630 entry