Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Parent taxon: Plectambonitoidea according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aegiromenidae, Allwynellidae, Alwynellidae, Bimuriidae, Christianiidae, Grorudiidae, Hesperomenidae, Leptellinidae, Leptestiidae, Paucicostella, Plectambonitidae, Sowerbyellidae, Syndielasmatidae, Taffiidae, Tafflidae, Xenambonitidae, Anoptambonitidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Stropheodonta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)
• Givetian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (6), Belgium (7), Brazil (1), Canada (57: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (14), Colombia (15), the Czech Republic (5), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (1), Libya (2), New Zealand (3), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (23), South Africa (4), Spain (8), Turkey (1), Ukraine (3), United States (375: Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Uzbekistan (2), Vietnam (9)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (2), Belarus (1), Canada (26: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (10), United States (132: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 742 collections including 1042 occurrences