Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795 - cephalopods
Subclass Coleoidea Bather, 1888
Superorder Vampyropoda Boletzky, 1992
see Superorder Octopodiformes Young et al., 1998
Order Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917 - vampire squids
see Order Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939
Suborder †Mesoteuthina Naef, 1921
Family †Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1921
Subfamily †Actinosepiinae Doyle, Donovan & Nixon, 1994