Maikhanellidae - Maikhanellidae
Synonyms: Purellidae Vassiljeva 1990, Purellinae Vassiljeva 1990
Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1989. Oldest skeletal fossils of late Precambrian and early Cambrian age: a review of recent work. Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR 443:1-231
Parent taxon: Mollusca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Feng et al. 2001, Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Ponder et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Acevina, Actinoconus, Aculifera, Aculopileus, Acutirostriconus, Aldanolina, Algomella, Anisomyaria, Aulacotrochus, Aviculocephaloconus, Bagenoviella, Beroides, Bisulcus, Bivalvia, Calyptoptomatida, Cambroscutum, Centriconus, Cephalopoda, Chiton cottae, Codonoconus, Conchifera, Conchula, Corystos, Crestoconus, Cyrtostoma, Dingus, Diplacophora, Dysmea, Dysnoetopla, Ebianella, Eosoconus, Gastropoda, Granoconus, Gutticonus, Hamatoconus, Helcionelloida, Hemithecellitina, Huangshandogoconus, Huangshandongoconus, Kaschkadakia, Katunioides, Kepinospira, Khairkhaniidae, Khairkhaniiformes, Kraikchania, Kuanchuanella, Laticonus, Liantuoconus, Ligyrokala, Mackenziella, Makarakia, Merismoconcha, Minymerisma, Odontogriphus, Omalenlina, Paragastropoda, Peotoconus, Polytropis, Porcaconus, Proconus, Pseudomatthevia, Rostroconchia, Salanyella, Sargaella, Scamboscamna, Scaphopoda, Serialia, Shishania, Sinuconus, Songlingella, Spatuloconus, Stenothecella, Sulcocarina, Tergomya, Trunctoconus, Tuberoconus, Wiwaxiidae, Xenoconchia, Xilingxiaconus, Xinnanospira, Yangtzemerisma
Subtaxa: Aegides Jakobina Maikhanellinae Purella Totornatus Xiadongoconus Yunnanopleura
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (54 collections), France (1), India (1), Iran (3), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (5), the Russian Federation (23)
Total: 89 collections including 140 occurrences