Parent taxon: Chonetoidea according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
See also Rubel 2011 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anopliidae, Chonetidae, Chonostrophiidae, Daviesiellidae, Eodevonariidae, Ogorella, Rugosochonetidae, Strophochonetidae
Subtaxa: Amosina Andalucinetes Archaeochonetes Asymmetrochonetes Australostrophia Babina Borealinetes Chlupacina Ctenochonetes Dawsonelloides Johnsonetes Kentronetes Leptochonetes Novellinetes Perichonetes Pseudostrophochonetes Sanjuanetes Spinochonetes Strophochonetes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (3 collections), Argentina (5), Australia (1), Bolivia (7), Brazil (3), Canada (17: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), China (18), the Czech Republic (14), France (26), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (8), Ukraine (9), United States (10: Nevada), Uruguay (1), Vietnam (2)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (7), Australia (3), Belarus (3), China (2), the Czech Republic (11), Estonia (1), Lithuania (6), Paraguay (1), Peru (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (4), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (7: Indiana, New York, Oklahoma)
• Ordovician of Canada (17: Quebec)
Total: 213 collections including 240 occurrences