Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes

Spirulida Haeckel, 1866

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Spiruloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer.
basis of record	Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). Biology and evolution of the Mollusca. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp.
basis of record	Strugnell, J. M.; Hall, N. E.; Vecchione, M.; Fuchs, D.; Allcock, A. L. (2017). Whole mitochondrial genome of the Ram's Horn Squid shines light on the phylogenetic position of the monotypic order Spirulida (Haeckel, 1896). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 296-301.
basis of record	Fuchs, D. (2023). Part M, Chapter 23F: Systematic Descriptions: Decabrachia. Treatise Online. 171: 1-41.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spirulida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157034