Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
See also Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Rubel 2011 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Amphistrophiidae, Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Eopholidostrophiidae, Foliomenidae, Furcitellidae, Glyptomenidae, Idioglyptus, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Leptostrophiidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta
Subtaxa: Shaleria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), the Czech Republic (1), Poland (3)
• Silurian to Devonian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Poland (1), Spain (1)
• Silurian of Belarus (3), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (7), Estonia (11), Latvia (4), Lithuania (16), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (13), Ukraine (6), the United Kingdom (16), United States (3: Arkansas, Oklahoma), Venezuela (1)
Total: 92 collections including 103 occurrences