Belemnoidea

Translingual

Etymology

From the name of the extinct genus Belemnites (from Ancient Greek βέλεμνον (bélemnon, “dart or javelin”) + -ίτης (-ítēs)) +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

†Belemnoidea

1. A taxonomic cohort within the class Cephalopoda – extinct dibranchiate cephalopods.

Hypernyms

• (cohort): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass

Hyponyms

• (cohort): Belemnitida, Belemnoteuthina, Aulacocerida, Diplobelida, Phragmoteuthida  - orders

References

• Belemnoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Belemnoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Belemnoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons