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Spirulidae

Cephalopoda - Spirulida - Spirulidae

Taxonomy
Spirulidae was named by Orbigny (1826). It is extant. Its type is Spirula.

It was assigned to Sepiida by Jeletzky (1966); to Spirulida by Doyle et al. (1994); and to Sepioidea by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005).

Subtaxa
Spirula (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Spirulidae Orbigny
1966Spirulidae Jeletzky p. 107
1994Spirulidae Doyle et al. p. 6
2005Spirulidae Boyle and Rodhouse p. 344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderDecabrachiaBoettger 1952
orderSpirulidaStolley 1919
familySpirulidaeOrbigny 1826
familySpirulidaeOrbigny 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Spirulidae Orbigny 1826
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G. Spirula Lamarck 1799 [ram's horn shell]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.78100 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.126 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Morocco Spirula spirula (127581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Spirula spirula (63208)