Spirulida

Spirulida; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent* PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Spirula spirula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Superorder:	Decapodiformes
Order:	Spirulida; Stolley, 1919
Suborders
	†Groenlandibelina; †Belopterina; Spirulina

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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.

[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.

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