Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Parent taxon: Echinoconchidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Juresaniinae, Parapulchratia, Pustulinae
Subtaxa: Calliprotoniini Echinoconchini Karavankinini
Type: Echinoconchus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), Canada (24: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (28), Indonesia (2), Iran (4), Japan (7), Laos (2), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (6), Oman (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (8), Slovenia (4), Thailand (4), Ukraine (1), United States (34: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (3: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (19), Canada (15: Alberta, Nunavut, Yukon), China (12), Malaysia (1), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (45), United States (247: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of United States (1: New Mexico), Vietnam (1)
Total: 487 collections including 529 occurrences