Definition of Order Belemnoidea

1. Noun. Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas.

Exact synonyms: Belemnoidea
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, Subclass Dibranchia, Subclass Dibranchiata
Member holonyms: Belemnitidae, Family Belemnitidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Belemnoidea

order Anura
order Aphyllophorales
order Aplacophora
order Apodes
order Apodiformes
order Apterygiformes
order Arales
order Araneae
order Araneida
order Aristolochiales
order Artiodactyla
order Aspergillales
order Auriculariales
order Batoidei
order Batrachia
order Belemnoidea (current term)
order Bennettitales
order Berycomorphi
order Blastocladiales
order Branchiura
order Bryales
order Campanulales
order Caprimulgiformes
order Carnivora
order Caryophyllales
order Casuariiformes
order Casuarinales
order Caudata
order Cestida
order Cetacea

Literary usage of Order Belemnoidea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... cephalo- pods of the extinct order Belemnoidea, allied to the modern squid. That portion of the shell usually found is the 'rostrum,' or 'guard,' a ..."

2. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Order BELEMNOIDEA. The occurrence of Belemnites in the Cornbrash appears to be doubted, as none are mentioned in HB Woodward's list except a " sp. ..."

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