Vampyromorphida

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Vampyromorphida
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
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. There are one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa in it.

[edit] Classification

  • 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
    • Suborder Vampyromorphina

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