Strophomenoidea - Spiriferida - Leptostrophiidae
Alternative spelling: Rhytistrophia
Parent taxon: Leptostrophia according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia), Leptostrophia affinalata, Leptostrophia beechhillensis, Leptostrophia inequicostella, Leptostrophia magnifica, Leptostrophia magniventra, Leptostrophia reedi
Subtaxa: Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia) beckii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Ontario), China (2), Colombia (3), Czechia (2), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), United States (12: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Argentina (1), Czechia (2)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence