Vampyromorphida
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| Vampyromorphida | |
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| Vampyroteuthis infernalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Superorder: | Octopodiformes |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939 |
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Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods. There are one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa in it.
Classification [change]
- Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
- Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
- Family †Loligosepiidae
- Family †Plesioteuthididae
- Family †Geopeltididae
- Family †Leptotheuthididae
- Family †Lioteuthididae
- Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Subfamily †Teudopseinae
- Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
- Family †Trachyteuthididae
- Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
- Subfamily †Actinosepiinae
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
- Family Vampyroteuthidae
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
References [change]
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