†family Coreospiridae Knight 1952 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Synonyms: Archaeospiridae Yu 1979, Latouchellidae Golikov and Starobogatov 1989, Yangtzespiridae Yu 1984, Yangtzespirinae Yu 1984

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1952. Primitive fossil gastropods and their bearing on gastropod classification. 117(13):1-56

Parent taxon: Helcionellida according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Golikov and Starobogatov 1975, Knight et al. 1960, Missarzhevsky 1989, Parkhaev 2001, Parkhaev 2002 and Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010

Sister taxa: Helcionelloidea, Pelagiellidae, Tribelopoma, Yochelcionelloidea

Subtaxa: Anconochilus Cambrospira Coreospira Humilispira Kutanjia Owenella Shabaktiella Tichkaella

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Type: Coreospira

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), North Korea (1), United States (8: Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin)

• Solvan of Canada (4: British Columbia), Morocco (1)

Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences

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