Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Parent taxon: Amphistrophiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Amphistrophiinae, Eocymostrophia, Mesodouvillina, Mesodouvillinae
Subtaxa: Desistrophia Eomaoristrophia Gladiostrophia Jakutostrophia Maoristrophia Mclearnites Sinostrophia
Type: Mesodouvillina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (10), China (2), France (27), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (9), Mongolia (2), United States (3: Nevada)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (6), Mexico (5), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: New York)
Total: 84 collections including 91 occurrences