Vampyromorphida

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods. There are one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa in it.

Vampyromorphida
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

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
    • Family Vampyroteuthidae

References

• The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Vampyromorpha Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine