Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Parent taxon: Corynexochina according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Pour and Popov 2009 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Chengkouiidae, Dinesidae, Dorypygidae, Edelsteinaspididae, Jakutidae, Oryctocephalidae, Zacanthoididae
Subtaxa: Abakania Acontheus Bonnaspis Chatiania Clavigellus Corynexochinae Corynexochus Eochatiania Eocorynexochus Hartshillia Hartshillina Milaspis Miranella Sanaschtykgolia Shivelicus Stenochilina Trinia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (3 collections)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (2), Canada (5: British Columbia, Northwest Territory, Yukon), China (28), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (30), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Russian Federation (23), Sweden (2), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alaska, California, Nevada, Virginia)
• Caerfai of Italy (3)
Total: 114 collections including 150 occurrences