Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Parent taxon: Triplesiidae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Mitchell 1977, Owen and Harper 1982, Temple 1987, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964
Sister taxa: Acaretyrricula, Amphiplecia, Bicuspina, Brachymimulus, Caeroplecia, Cliftonia, Craigella, Grammoplecia, Ogmoplecia, Onychoplecia, Onychotreta, Oxoplecia, Paraonychoplecia, Placotriplesia, Plectotreta, Streptis
Subtaxa: Triplesia calcifera Triplesia carinata Triplesia craigensis Triplesia edgelliana Triplesia eospiriferoides Triplesia extans Triplesia girvanensis Triplesia hintsae Triplesia iberica Triplesia insularis Triplesia maennili Triplesia monilifera Triplesia sortanensis Triplesia subcarinata Triplesia woodlandensis Triplesia yichangensis Triplesia zhejiangensis
Type: Atrypa extans
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (13: Quebec, Québec collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (12), the United Kingdom (39), United States (12: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Tennessee)
• Dobrotivian of France (2), Spain (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Alabama)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Belgium (9), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (22), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), France (2), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (5), Latvia (1), Lithuania (4), Norway (12), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (25), Spain (7), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (53), United States (3: New York, Tennessee)
Total: 243 collections including 247 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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