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Taxon: Class
Cephalopoda
Cuvier, 1797
- cephalopods
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Protostomia
............................Lophotrochozoa - lophotrochozoans
..............................Spiralia - spiralians
................................Trochozoa - trochozoans
..................................Phylum Mollusca - molluscs
....................................Subphylum Conchifera
......................................Ganglioneura
........................................Class Scaphopoda - tusk shells
........................................Pleistomollusca
........................................(Ancyropoda)
........................................(Rhacopoda)
........................................Class Cephalopoda - cephalopods
..........................................Subclass †Actinoceratoidea
..........................................Subclass †Ammonoidea
..........................................Subclass †Bactritoidea
..........................................Subclass Coleoidea
..........................................Subclass †Ellesmeroceratoidea
..........................................Subclass †Endoceratoidea
..........................................Subclass Nautiloidea
..........................................Subclass †Orthoceratoidea
..........................................†Aptychi
..........................................»Genus †Costulatostyliolina
..........................................»Genus †Crassilina
..........................................»Genus †Distriatostylus
..........................................»Genus †Metastyliolina
..........................................»Genus †Peneauia
..........................................»Genus †Vologdinella
..........................................»Order Octopoda - octopuses
..........................................(Order †Ammonoidea)
..........................................(Order Decapoda)
..........................................(Subclass Dibranchia)
..........................................(Subclass Dibranchiata)
..........................................(Subclass Tetrabranchiata)
..........................................(†Ammonoidea)
..........................................(Coleoidea)
..........................................(Nautiloidea)
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Cambrian
-
Present
Morphology
Body length
:
5 cm - 6 m
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 27
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Marine
Ref:
G. Haszprunar et al., 2008
: 27
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012