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Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Spirula spirula) and several extinct taxa.

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Instance of
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Decapodiformes
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taxon name
Spirulida
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order
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Category:Spirulida
Commons category
Spirulida
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  • Fossil record
  • Classification
  • References

Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Spirula spirula) and several extinct taxa.

== Fossil record == Oldest representative: Carboniferous, though contested: see Shimanskya Oldest uncontested representative: Late Jurassic

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