Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Full reference: F. Alvarez, J. Y. Rong, and A. J. Boucot. 1998. The classification of athyridid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 72:827-855
Parent taxon: Meristellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Alvarez et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Hindellinae, Hyattidininae, Meristellinae, Nikolaispira
Subtaxa: Koigia Kozlenia Tschatkalia Whitfieldella
Type: Whitfieldella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)
• Jaani of Estonia (7)
• Niagaran of United States (2: New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (40: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (3), the Czech Republic (9), Estonia (6), Sweden (10), the United Kingdom (16), United States (107: Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of United States (3: Alaska, Illinois, Missouri)
Total: 206 collections including 245 occurrences