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Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Superorder:	Octopodiformes
Order:	Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939
Suborders
?†Kelaenina †Prototeuthina †Mesoteuthina Vampyromorphina
Synonyms
Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917

Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods. There are one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa in it.

Classification

Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
  - Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
  - Family †Loligosepiidae
  - Family †Plesioteuthididae
  - Family †Geopeltididae
  - Family †Leptotheuthididae
  - Family †Lioteuthididae
  - Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
  - Family †Palaeololiginidae
    - Subfamily †Teudopseinae
    - Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
  - Family †Trachyteuthididae
    - Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
    - Subfamily †Actinosepiinae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
  - Family Vampyroteuthidae

Images for kids

Leptoteuthis gigas
Muensterella scutellaris
Palaeololigo oblonga
Teudopsis subcostata
Vampyronassa rhodanica

See also

In Spanish: Vampiromórfidos para niños

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