Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Cephalopoda - (Order) Nautilida - (Family) Nautilidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nautilidae (Family) Blainville, 1825

Subsequent entries

Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Nautilidae (Family) Blainville, 1825

Ref: [Anonymous], 2001: [6].

Alternative positions

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1161.

Historical positions

Nautiloidea (Subclass) Agassiz, 1848	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 365. [rough position]
Nautilidae (Family) Blainville, 1825	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 325.
Cephalopoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Nautiloidea (Subclass) Agassiz, 1848	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cephalopoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Cephalopoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Nautilidae (Family) Blainville, 1825	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1090; 1088.
Nautiloidea (Subclass) Agassiz, 1848	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Tetrabranchia (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 448. [rough position]
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1161.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 709.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;2ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s;2ss]
2004	E.E. Ruppert et al.: 365	[4s]
2001	Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda: [6]	[4s;2ss]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	5-6s
1982	K.J. Boss	5-6s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[16s]