†superfamily Belemnoidea Hyatt 1884 (belemnite)
Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to P. Doyle et al. 1994
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Kretzoi 1942 and Spath 1947
Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Diplobelida, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera
Subtaxa: Aulacoceratida Auleracida Belemnitida
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore