Alternative spelling: Cymostrophia (Idioglyptus)
Full reference: S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302
Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Amsden 1968, Northrop 1939 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphistrophiidae, Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Eopholidostrophiidae, Foliomenidae, Furcitellidae, Glyptomenidae, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Leptostrophiidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Shaleriidae, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta
Subtaxa: Idioglyptus stigmatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (2 collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), United States (2: Arkansas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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