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
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), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (6), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (12), Mexico (2), Norway (11), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (53)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 123 collections including 124 occurrences