Parent taxon: Belemnitida according to N. M. M. Janssen 2010
Sister taxa: Arcobelus, Aulacoteuthis, Bayanoteuthis, Belemnella, Belemnellocamax, Belemnitina, Belemnitina, Belemnocamax, Belemnopseina, Belemnotheutididina, Belemnotheutina, Belospirula, Brachybelus, Brevibelus, Coeloteuthis, Conobelus, Eobelemnites, Fusiteuthis, Gastrobelus, Gonioteuthis, Holcobelus, Homaloteuthis, Lenobelus, Mesoteuthis, Neobelemnella, Oxyteuthis, Pachyduvalia, Pachyteuthis, Parahastites, Parahibolites, Patagonibelus, Peratobelus, Praeoxyteuthis, Pseudodicoelites, Raphibelus, Rhopaloteuthis, Sachsibelus, Simobelus, Simpsonibelus, Sinobelemnitidae, Somalibelus, Volgobelus, Youngibelus
Subtaxa: Duvaliidae Mesohibolitidae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Egypt (3), France (67), Germany (1), Greenland (34), Hungary (41), Italy (3), Mozambique (2), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (4)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Czechia (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (7), Cuba (1), France (4), Germany (4), Iran (2), Italy (1), Madagascar (13), New Zealand (8), Poland (2), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 218 collections including 407 occurrences