Belosaepiidae

Belosaepiidae
Temporal range:
Belosepia sepioidea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Sepiida
Suborder: Sepiina
Family: Belosaepiidae
Genera
  • Belosaepia
  • Ceratisepia Meyer, 1993
  • Anomalosaepia Weaver & Ciampaglio, 2003
  • Mississaepia

Belosaepiidae is an extinct, monospecific family of cephalopods known from the Eocene epoch, and bearing close similarity to the sepiid cuttlefish, whilst retaining the remnants of a belemnite-like guard.