Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Parent taxon: Productellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chaoiellinae, Chonopectinae, Overtoniinae, Productellinae, Productinae, Productinidae
Subtaxa: Levipustulini Levitusini Plicatiferini Rugaurini Semicostellini
Type: Plicatifera
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Japan (1 collection)
• Permian of Canada (4: Yukon), China (22), Japan (1), Malaysia (3), Mongolia (7), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (82), Tajikistan (4), Vietnam (1)
• Namurian of Argentina (1), Australia (9), Thailand (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (4), Australia (43), Canada (4: Alberta, Nunavut), China (6), France (1), Germany (1), Ireland (3), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (50: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (32: Colorado, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico), Vietnam (1)
Total: 313 collections including 345 occurrences