†family Chonostrophiidae Muir-Wood 1962 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonostrophiidae

Parent taxon: Chonetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Campbell and Engel 1963

Sister taxa: Anopliidae, Chonetidae, Daviesiellidae, Eodevonariidae, Rugosochonetidae, Strophochonetidae

Subtaxa: Balikunochonetes Chonostrophia Chonostrophiella Santanghuia Tulcumbella

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Type: Chonostrophia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (2 collections)

• Devonian of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (3), Colombia (10), United States (9: Maryland, New York), Vietnam (1)

Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences

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