Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Alternative spelling: Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia)
Synonym: Magniventra Harper and Boucot 1978
Parent taxon: Leptostrophiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Reed 1917 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Barbaestrophia, Brachyprion, Castellaroina, Chynistrophia, Eomegastrophia, Eostropheodonta, Gamphalosia, Gibberostrophia, Mesoleptostrophia, Nervostrophia, Palaeoleptostrophia, Protoleptostrophia, Protomegastrophia, Retrorstrophia, Rotundostrophia, Tubulostrophia, Tudiaophomena, Tuvaechonetes, Tuvaestrophia, Velostrophia, Viodostrophia
Subtaxa: Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia) Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia) Leptostrophia affinalata Leptostrophia beckii Leptostrophia beechhillensis Leptostrophia inequicostella Leptostrophia jamesoni Leptostrophia reedi Magniventra magniventra
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (31), Canada (19: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (12), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (9), New Zealand (5), Spain (4), Turkey (1), United States (40: Alaska, California, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (5)
• Silurian to Devonian of Spain (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)
• Silurian of Argentina (2), Australia (10), Canada (34: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Québec), China (12), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (2), France (1), Iran (1), Mexico (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (16), United States (8: Iowa, Maryland, New York, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 242 collections including 247 occurrences
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