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Coreospira

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Taxonomy
Coreospira was named by Saito (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 110]. It is the type genus of Coreospiridae.

It was assigned to Helcionellidae by Runnegar and Jell (1976); to Helcionelloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coreospiridae by Knight (1947), Knight et al. (1960), Parkhaev (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Coreospira Saito
1947Coreospira Knight p. 3
1960Coreospira Knight et al. p. 172
1976Coreospira Runnegar and Jell p. 116
2002Coreospira Parkhaev p. 35
2002Coreospira Sepkoski
2005Coreospira Bouchet et al. pp. 56, 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyCoreospiridae
genusCoreospira

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Coreospira Saito 1936
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Coreospira raymondi Shaw 1957
Coreospira rugosa Saito 1936
Coreospira walcotti Knight 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:45:54
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:45:54
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Duyunian or 510.20000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0North Korea (Pyƶngan-namdo) C. rugosa (95669)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) C. walcotti (50544)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Vermont) C. raymondi (200)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (56811)