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Coreospiridae
Temporal range: Early CambrianLatouchella costata, reconstructed as a snail Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda or Monoplacophora Superfamily: Scenelloidea Family: Coreospiridae
Knight, 1947genera see text.
Synonyms Archaeospiridae Yu, 1979
Yangtzespirinae Yu, 1984
Latouchellidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1989Coreospiridae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position taxonomically. They might be snails or they might be monoplacophorans, Gastropoda or Monoplacophora.
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2005 taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[1] categorizes Coreospiridae in the superfamilia Scenelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position.
2006–2007 taxonomy
According to the P. Yu. Parkhaev, is the Coreospiridae the family in the family Helcionelloidea Wenz, 1938 in the order Helcionelliformes Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 within the subclass Archaeobranchia Parkhaev, 2001 in the class Helcionelloida Peel, 1991.
Genera
Genera in the family Coreospiridae include:
- Coreospira Saito, 1936 - type genus of the family Coreospiridae
- Latouchella
- Owenella Ulrich & Scofield, 1897
- Owenella antiquata (Whitfield, 1878) - synonym: Bellerophon antiquata Whitfield, 1878[2]
References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ Whitfield R. P. 1878. Preliminary descriptions of new species of fossils from the lower geological formations of Wisconsin. Annual Report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey for 1877:50-89.
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