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. 2005

Sister taxa: Pedasiolinae, Pterothecinae

Subtaxa: Carinaropsis, Gyrospira, Merriamites, Pedasionlinae, Phragmosphaera

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Type: Carinaropsis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore