Biology:Spirulida
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Short description: Order of cephalopods
| Spirulida | |
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| Spirula spirula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Superorder: | Decapodiformes |
| Order: | Spirulida Stolley, 1919 |
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†Groenlandibelina | |
Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Spirula spirula) and several extinct taxa.
Fossil record
- Oldest representative: Carboniferous, though contested: see Shimanskya
- Oldest uncontested representative: Late Jurassic[1]
Classification
- Order Spirulida
- ?Family †Shimanskyidae
- Suborder †Groenlandibelina Khromov, 1990
- Family †Groenlandibelidae
- Family †Adygeyidae
- Suborder †Belopterina Engeser, 1998
- Family †Belemnoseidae
- Family †Belopteridae
- Suborder Spirulina Pompeckj, 1912
- Family †Spirulirostridae
- Family †Spirulirostrinidae
- Family Spirulidae
References
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1370442 entry
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