Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Alternative spelling: Carinaropsidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Parent taxon: Pterothecidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Golikov and Starobogatov 1975, Knight et al. 1960, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 2023 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Pedasiolinae, Pterothecinae
Subtaxa: Carinaropsis Gyrospira Merriamites Pedasionlinae Phragmosphaera
Type: Carinaropsis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of France (3 collections)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), United States (12: Nevada, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (12)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), the United Kingdom (4), United States (45: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Tennessee)
Total: 80 collections including 82 occurrences