Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Parent taxon: Triplesiidae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Hints et al. 2013, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000, Wright 1964 and Wright 1965
Sister taxa: Acaretyrricula, Amphiplecia, Bicuspina, Brachymimulus, Caeroplecia, Cliftonia, Craigella, Grammoplecia, Ogmoplecia, Onychoplecia, Onychotreta, Oxoplecia, Paraonychoplecia, Placotriplesia, Plectotreta, Triplesia
Subtaxa: Streptis altosinuata Streptis grayii Streptis monilifera Streptis undifera
Type: Terebratula grayii
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jaani of Estonia (6 collections), Lithuania (3)
• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (3), Estonia (5), Greenland (1), Lithuania (7), Norway (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Arkansas, Iowa)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Québec)
• Ordovician of China (1), Estonia (4), Ireland (2), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 62 collections each including a single occurrence
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