Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeostrophomenidae
Parent taxon: Leptellinidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Cocks 2010, Congreve et al. 2015, Jakobsen et al. 2014 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anchoramena, Leptellininae, Leptelloidinae, Leptestiininae, Tesikella
Subtaxa: Apatomorpha Glyptambonites Goniotrema Ishimia Lepidomena Nikitinamena Onegia Palaeostrophomena Titanambonites Toquimia Ujukites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (4: Alabama, Tennessee collections)
• Whiterockian of United States (7: Nevada)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (1)
• Arenig of China (3)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (24), Myanmar (4), the Russian Federation (11), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (22), United States (11: Tennessee, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 101 collections including 121 occurrences