Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Parent taxon: Triplesiidae according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Acaretyrricula, Amphiplecia, Bicuspina, Brachymimulus, Caeroplecia, Craigella, Grammoplecia, Ogmoplecia, Onychoplecia, Onychotreta, Oxoplecia, Paraonychoplecia, Placotriplesia, Plectotreta, Streptis, Triplesia
Subtaxa: Cliftonia (Cliftonia) Cliftonia lamellosa Cliftonia obovata Cliftonia oxoplecioides Cliftonia psittacina Cliftonia striata Cliftonia tubulistriata
Type: Anomites psittacinus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Sweden (2), United States (1: Missouri)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (5: Quebec, Québec), China (18), the Czech Republic (5), Estonia (13), France (1), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (29), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (15), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (14), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (6: Illinois, Missouri)
Total: 132 collections including 138 occurrences
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