Spirulida

Short description: Order of cephalopods

Spirulida

Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent*

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Spirula spirula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Cephalopoda
Superorder:  | Decapodiformes
Order:  | Spirulida
Stolley, 1919
Suborders

†Groenlandibelina
†Belopterina
Spirulina

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

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.

* Tree of Life: Spirulida
* The Taxonomicon: Order Spirulida
* Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Spirulida

Wikidata ☰ Q1370442 entry

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