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Systematics of Cephalopods

Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795

 

Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795

Subclass Endoceratoidea †
Order Endoceratida †
Family Endoceratidae †: e.g. Cameroceras trentonense Conrad, 1842 †

Subclass Nautiloidea
Order Nautilida
Superfamily Nautiloidea
Family Nautilidae: e.g. Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758

Subclass Coleoidea
Superorder Ammonoida †
Superorder Decapodiformes
Order Bathyteuthida
Order Belemnitida †
Order Idiosepida
Order Myopsida
Family Loliginidae: e.g. Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
Order Oegopsida
Superfamily Cranchoidea
Family Cranchiidae: e.g. Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni G.C. Robson, 1925
Family Ommastrephidae: e.g. Dosidicus gigas (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Superfamily Architeuthoidea
Family Architeuthidae: e.g. Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
Order Sepiida
Suborder Sepiina
Superfamily Sepioidea
Family Sepiidae: e.g. Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Order Sepiolida
Order Spirulida
Family Spirulidae: e.g. Spirula spirula Linnaeus, 1758

Superorder Octopodiformes
Order Vampyromorpha
Gattung Nanaimoteuthis: e.g. Nanaimoteuthis haggarti
Family Vampyroteuthidae: e.g. Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903
Order Octopoda
Suborder Cirrata
Suborder Incirrata
Superfamily Argonautoidea
Family Argonautidae: z.B: Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Superfamily Octopodoidea
Family Eledonidae: e.g. Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1789)
Family Enteroctopodidae: e.g. Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Family Octopodidae: e.g. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797.

Source: MolluscaBase (2025): Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795, simplified (Accessed: 26.04.2026).

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Latest Change: 31.05.2026 (Robert Nordsieck).