Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Alternative spelling: Amphistrophiella
Synonyms: Amphistrophiella (Amsdenostrophiella) Harper and Boucot 1978, Amsdenostrophiella Harper and Boucot 1978, Amsdenostropiella Harper and Boucot 1978
Full reference: C. W. Harper and A. J. Boucot. 1978. The Stropheodontacea, part I: Leptostrophiidae, Eostropheodontidae and Strophonellidae. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 161:55-118
Parent taxon: Amphistrophia according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vladimirskaya and Kulkov 1999
Sister taxa: Amphistrophia (Amphistrophia), Amphistrophia (Pembrostrophia), Amphistrophia striata
Subtaxa: Amphistrophia (Amphistrophiella) prolongata Amphistrophiella (Amphistrophiella) Amphistrophiella funiculata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the Czech Republic (3), Ireland (1), Lithuania (1), Mexico (7), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (16), United States (20: Oklahoma), Venezuela (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence