Alternative spelling: Striarcinae
Parent taxon: Noetiinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Eames 1951, Moore 1983, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Arginella, Arginopsis, Didimacar, Halonanus, Hoernesarca, Matsumotoa, Noetiini, Noetiopsis, Protonoetia, Sheldonella, Trinacriini
Subtaxa: Breviarca Ovalarca Sanoarca Striarca Trigonodesma Vetoarca
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Italy (3), Japan (3), Kenya (1), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Taiwan (11), Thailand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (7)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Cyprus (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), the Philippines (1), Spain (4), United States (9: Virginia)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Bulgaria (2), Cyprus (1), France (1), Indonesia (6), Italy (1), Japan (3), Morocco (1), the Philippines (2), Poland (5), Slovakia (4), United States (7: New Jersey, Virginia)
• Oligocene of France (3)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Egypt (1), France (3), Nigeria (6), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Peru (1), Spain (1), United States (318: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 447 collections including 503 occurrences