Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Synonym: Styliolitidae Gürich 1908
Parent taxon: Styliolinida according to N. M. Farsan 1994
See also Boucek 1964 and Li 2000
Sister taxon: Viriatellidae
Subtaxa: Styliacus Styliolina Styliolites
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)
• Devonian of Australia (3), Brazil (2), Canada (14: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (25), the Czech Republic (18), Germany (5), Italy (1), Libya (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (4), Morocco (4), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (7), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (81: Alaska, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Uruguay (1), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (3)
• Silurian of Bolivia (1), Canada (6: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 193 collections including 219 occurrences