Cephalopoda {class} - Mollusca;

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek pluralΚεφαλόποδα (kephalópoda)'; "head-feet"). These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms ortentacles (muscular hydrostats) modified from the primitive molluscan foot. Fishermen sometimes call them inkfish, referring to their common ability to squirtink. The study of cephalopods is a branch of malacology known as teuthology. Cephalopods became dominant during the Ordovician period, represented by primitivenautiloids. The class now contains two, only distantly related, extant subclasses:Coleoidea, which includes octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish'; and Nautiloidea, represented by Nautilus and Allonautilus. In the Coleoidea, the molluscan shell has been internalized or is absent, whereas in the Nautiloidea, the external shell remains. About 800 living species of cephalopods have been identified. Two important extincttaxa are the Ammonoidea (ammonites) and Belemnoidea (belemnites). full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records:	16,485	Public Records:	12,396
Specimens with Sequences:	16,253	Public Species:	740
Specimens with Barcodes:	14,074	Public BINs:	701
Species:	811
Species With Barcodes:	765
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