Vampyromorphida

Taxobox
name = Vampyromorphida


image_caption = "Vampyroteuthis infernalis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
superordo = Octopodiformes
ordo = Vampyromorphida
ordo_authority = Pickford, 1939
subdivision_ranks = Suborders
subdivision =?†Kelaenina
†Prototeuthina
†Mesoteuthina
Vampyromorphina
synonyms =
*Vampyromorpha
Grimpe, 1917

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

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

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)
* [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=157715 The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida]
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Protostoma/Mollusca/Cephalopoda/Octopodiformes/Vampyromorpha.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Vampyromorpha]