Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Parent taxon: Acrospiriferidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974 and Boucot et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Costispiriferinae, Elymospiriferinae
Subtaxa: Acrospirifer Mauispirifer Xerospirifer
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (2), Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), China (40), Colombia (28), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (10), Guinea-Bissau (1), Libya (1), New Zealand (4), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (2), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, West Virginia), Venezuela (3), Vietnam (6)
Total: 135 collections including 158 occurrences