Belemnoidea

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Noun1.Belemnoidea - order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulasBelemnoidea - order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
order Belemnoidea
animal order - the order of animals
Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae - family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods
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(1936): Beitrage zur Anatomie der Belemnoidea. Nova Acta Leopoldina Neue Serie 4, 159-226.
On the microstructure, growth pattern and original porosity of belemnite rostra: insights from calcitic Jurassic belemnites
These are invertebrates that separated from their ancient ancestors, the Belemnoidea, probably around 380 million years ago (reviews in Clarke et al., 1988; Teichert et al., 1988).
The octopus: a model for a comparative analysis of the evolution of learning and memory mechanisms
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