Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Parent taxon: Plectambonitidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Opik 1933
Sister taxa: Leptestiinae, Plectellinae, Taphrodontinae
Subtaxa: Akelina Ingria Plectambonites Plectella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Estonia (1 collection)
• Aluoja of Estonia (4), the Russian Federation (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (8: Nevada)
• Volkhov of Belarus (1), Estonia (6), Lithuania (4), the Russian Federation (31)
• Valaste of Estonia (3), Sweden (1)
• Hunderum of the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (27: Newfoundland, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (3), Estonia (7), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (36), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: California, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
• Tremadoc of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 157 collections including 165 occurrences