Khairkhaniidae - Khairkhaniidae
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. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Missarzhevsky 1989 and Parkhaev 2002
Sister taxa: Acevina, Actinoconus, Aculopileus, Acutirostriconus, Aldanolina, Algomella, Anisomyaria, Aplacophora, Aulacotrochus, Aviculocephaloconus, Bagenoviella, Beroides, Bisulcus, Bivalvia, Calyptoptomatida, Cambroscutum, Caudofoveata, 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, Khairkhaniiformes, Kraikchania, Kuanchuanella, Ladamarekiidae, Laticonus, Liantuoconus, Ligyrokala, Mackenziella, Maikhanellidae, Makarakia, Merismoconcha, Minymerisma, Nothamusium, Odontogriphus, Omalenlina, Paragastropoda, Peotoconus, Polytropis, Porcaconus, Proconus, Pseudomatthevia, Rostroconchia, Sachitida, Salanyella, Sargaella, Scamboscamna, Scaphopoda, Serialia, Sinuconus, Solenogastres, Songlingella, Spatuloconus, Stenothecella, Sulcocarina, Tergomya, Trunctoconus, Tuberoconus, Watsonella, Xilingxiaconus, Xinnanospira, Yangtzemerisma
Subtaxa: Ardrossania Barskovia Khairkhania Philoxenella Xinjispira
Type: Khairkhania
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (3 collections), Australia (2), China (2), Germany (1), Mongolia (5), the Russian Federation (18)
Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences