Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Parent taxon: Plectambonitoidea according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
See also Cocks 2005, Popov et al. 2000, Williams et al. 2000 and Zhan et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aegiromenidae, Allwynellidae, Alwynellidae, Bimuriidae, Christianiidae, Grorudiidae, Leptellinidae, Leptestiidae, Paucicostella, Plectambonitidae, Sowerbyellidae, Strophodontidae, Syndielasmatidae, Taffiidae, Tafflidae, Xenambonitidae, Anoptambonitidae
Subtaxa: Anoptambonites Aulie Chaganella Hesperomena Kassinella Rongambonites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Australia (20), China (27), the Czech Republic (5), Kazakhstan (24), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (14), United States (32: Alaska, British Columbia, California, Maine)
Total: 134 collections including 139 occurrences