Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Musteikis and Cocks 2004 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Eopholidostrophiidae, Foliomenidae, Furcitellidae, Glyptomenidae, Idioglyptus, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Leptostrophiidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Shaleriidae, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta
Subtaxa: Amphistrophiinae Eocymostrophia Mesodouvillina Mesodouvillinae Mesodouvillininae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Australia (10), Belarus (2), Canada (75: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (30), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (9), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (2), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), Tajikistan (5), Turkey (1), Ukraine (8), United States (35: Alaska, California, Nevada, New York)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Belarus (1), Canada (13: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (3), the Czech Republic (14), Estonia (6), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (1), Mexico (9), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (29), United States (41: Indiana, New York, Oklahoma), Venezuela (2)
Total: 344 collections including 384 occurrences