†family Eopholidostrophiidae Rong and Cocks 1994 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae

Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Musteikis and Cocks 2004 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Amphistrophiidae, Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Foliomenidae, Furcitellidae, Glyptomenidae, Idioglyptus, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Leptostrophiidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Shaleriidae, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta

Subtaxa: Eopholidostrophia Mesopholidostrophia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Nevada)

• Jaani of Estonia (3), Lithuania (3)

• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)

• Silurian of Canada (7: Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec), China (3), Czechia (2), Estonia (6), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (12), Mexico (2), Norway (11), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (53), United States (1: Nevada)

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (10)

Total: 124 collections including 125 occurrences

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