Belemnitellidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Cephalopoda
- Order: Belemnitida
- Family: Belemnitellidae
Overview
Belemnitellidae Pavlov, 1914
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Belemnites are extinct relatives of squid, octupuses, and cuttlefish; the coleoid cephalopods. They were squid-like creatures with an internal shell, called the phragmocone, which is what gets preserved in the fossil record. Unfortunately little else is known about their morphology.
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Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)
FEEDING MODE: Predator
HABITAT: epifaunal
Sources:
J. R. Hendricks. 2018. Cephalopoda, Chapter 2.4 Coleoidea. In: The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life.
