Coreospiridae Explained

Coreospiridae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position taxonomically. They might be snails (Gastropoda), Helcionelloida, or they might be Monoplacophora.

2005 taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005^[1] categorizes Coreospiridae in the superfamily Scenelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position.

2006–2007 taxonomy

According to P. Yu. Parkhaev, the family Coreospiridae is 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

• Knight, J. B. (1947). Some new Cambrian bellerophont gastropods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106(17): 1−11, pls. 1−2

Notes and References

1. 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. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
2. [Robert Parr Whitfield|Whitfield R. P.]