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Vampyromorphida
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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.

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 & Rious 2002):

References

Vampyroteuthis
Chun, 1903

Species: V. infernalis

Binomial name
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Chun, 1903

Synonyms

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Mollusca
Linnaeus, 1758

Classes

Caudofoveata
Aplacophora
Polyplacophora
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
† Rostroconchia
† Helcionelloida
† ?Bellerophontida
The molluscs
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Cephalopoda
Cuvier, 1797

Orders

Subclass Nautiloidea
  • †Plectronocerida
  • †Ellesmerocerida
  • †Actinocerida
  • †Pseudorthocerida
  • †Endocerida
  • †Tarphycerida
  • †Oncocerida

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Coleoidea
Bather, 1888

Orders
  • †Belemnoidea
  • †Aulacocerida
  • †Belemnitida

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Octopodiformes
Young et al., 1998

Orders

Vampyromorphida
Octopoda

Octopodiformes is a superorder of the subclass Coleoidea. It comprises the octopuses and the vampire squid. All members of Octopodiformes have 8 arms.
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Vampyromorphina
Grimpe, 1917

Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Thiele in Chun, 1915

Genera

†Vampyronassa
Vampyroteuthis

Vampyroteuthidae
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Zoology

In zoological nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names that pertain to the same taxon, for example
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Cephalopoda
Cuvier, 1797

Orders

Subclass Nautiloidea
  • †Plectronocerida
  • †Ellesmerocerida
  • †Actinocerida
  • †Pseudorthocerida
  • †Endocerida
  • †Tarphycerida
  • †Oncocerida

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Vampyroteuthis
Chun, 1903

Species: V. infernalis

Binomial name
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Chun, 1903

Synonyms

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extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point).
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Vampyromorphina
Grimpe, 1917

Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Thiele in Chun, 1915

Genera

†Vampyronassa
Vampyroteuthis

Vampyroteuthidae
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Vampyromorphina
Grimpe, 1917

Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Thiele in Chun, 1915

Genera

†Vampyronassa
Vampyroteuthis

Vampyroteuthidae
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Plesioteuthididae
Naef, 1921

Genera

Boreopeltis
Dorateuthis
Paraplesioteuthis
Plesioteuthis
Rhomboteuthis
Romaniteuthis

Plesioteuthididae is an extinct family of squid.
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