Cambrospira Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270

Parent taxon: Coreospiridae according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anconochilus, Coreospira, Humilispira, Kutanjia, Latouchella, Owenella, Shabaktiella, Tichkaella

Subtaxa: Cambrospira sinensis

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Type: Cambrospira sinensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang (Cambrian of China)

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