Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parent taxon: Parastrophinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Owen and Harper 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anastrophia, Eoanastrophia, Eostrophina, Jolkinia, Liostrophia, Maydenella, Parastrophina, Protanastrophia
Subtaxa: Parastrophinella cirrita Parastrophinella reversa Parastrophinella thraivensis Parastrophinella youngi
Type: Pentamerus reversus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (9: Nunavut, Québec collections), Estonia (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (4: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (4: Québec)
• Ordovician of Canada (21: Manitoba, Quebec, Québec), China (2), France (1), Norway (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
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