Alternative spelling: Diplobelina
Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to D. Fuchs 2019
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Fuchs et al. 2013, Jeletzky 1966 and Lehmann et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnoidea, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera
Subtaxa: Chondroteuthidae Diplobelidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Germany (1), Japan (3), Mozambique (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Germany (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences