Vampyromorphida

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Vampyromorphida
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Coleoidea Superorder: Octopodiformes Order: Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939
Suborders
?†Kelaenina †Prototeuthina †Mesoteuthina Vampyromorphina
Synonyms
Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa.

[edit] Classification

• Order Vampyromorphida
  • ?Suborder †Kelaenina
    • Family †Muensterellidae
  • Suborder †Prototeuthina
    • Family †Loligosepiidae
    • Family †Geopeltididae
    • Family †Lioteuthididae
    • Family †Mastigophoridae
  • Suborder †Mesoteuthina
    • Family †Palaeololiginidae
      • Subfamily †Teudopseinae
      • Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
  • Suborder Vampyromorphina
    • Family Vampyroteuthidae

The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this appears to be incorrect (Fischer & Riou 2002):

• Family †Plesioteuthididae
• Family †Leptotheuthididae
• Family †Trachyteuthididae
  • Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
  • Subfamily †Actinosepiinae

[edit] References

• Fischer, Jean-Claude & Riou, Bernard (2002): Vampyronassa rhodanica nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 88(1) 1−17. [French with English abstract] doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6 (HTML abstract)
• The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Vampyromorpha