Vampyroteuthidae

Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vampyromorphina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: Coleoidea Cohors: Neocoleoidea Superordo: Octopodiformes Ordo: Vampyromorphida Subordo: Vampyromorphina

Familia: Vampyroteuthidae
Genera (2): Vampyroteuthis
†Provampyroteuthis

Name

Vampyroteuthidae Thiele, 1915: 534

• Type genus: Vampyroteuthis Chun, 1903

Provampyroteuthis Y. Kanie, 1998

Synonymy

• †Necroteuthidae Kretzoi, 1942

References

Primary references

• Chun, C. 1915. Myopsida, Octopoda. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899 Die Cephalopoden 18(2): 405–552. [containing descriptions by J. Thiele]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kanie, Y. 1998. New vampyromorph (Coleoidea: Cephalopoda) jaw apparatuses from the Late Cretaceous of Japan. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 2: 23–34. http://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/wp-content/uploads/bulletin02_3.pdf. 

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