†family Spirulirostridae Naef 1921 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Spirulida - Spirulirostridae

Parent taxon: Spirulida according to P. Doyle et al. 1994

See also Jeletzky 1966, Kretzoi 1942 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Belemnoseidae, Belopteridae, Groenlandibelidae, Spirulidae, Spirulirostrinidae, Vasseuriidae

Subtaxa: Belemnosinae Spirulirostra Spirulirostridium Spirulirostrinae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

• Eocene of Italy (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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