Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Alternative spelling: Eospirifer (Striispirifer)
Parent taxon: Eospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, McAllister 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Badainjarania, Endospirifer, Eospirifer, Espella, Havlicekia, Hedeina, Janius, Macropleura, Mictospirifer, Myriospirifer, Nurataella, Xinanospirifer, Yingwuspirifer
Subtaxa: Striispirifer niagarensis Striispirifer plicatellus Striispirifer striolatus
Type: Delthyris niagarensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (2 collections), China (1)
• Jaani of Estonia (2)
• Silurian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (8), Belarus (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (32), the Czech Republic (4), Lithuania (6), Mongolia (1), Spain (1), Sweden (9), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (23: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1)
Total: 104 collections including 109 occurrences
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