†family Strophopleuridae Carter 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Parent taxon: Paeckelmanelloidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxon: Paeckelmanellidae

Subtaxa: Bashkiriinae Pterospiriferinae Strophopleurinae

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Type: Strophopleura

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (11: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (6), Germany (4), Greenland (7), India (3), Japan (1), Laos (1), Lithuania (12), Nepal (29), Pakistan (39), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (17), United States (23: Alaska, Texas)

• Namurian of Australia (7)

• Carboniferous to Permian of China (3)

• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), Australia (33), Canada (25: Alberta, Nunavut), China (2), France (1), India (5), Mexico (1), Nepal (3), Pakistan (1), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (22: Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)

• Devonian of Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), France (1), United States (9: Colorado, New Mexico)

Total: 296 collections including 329 occurrences

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