Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Alternative spellings: Aegirea, Chonetoidea (Aegiria)
Synonyms: Aegironetes, Aegironites
Parent taxon: Aegiromeninae according to B. Huang et al. 2019
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Benedetto 2012, Huang et al. 2016, Mitchell 1977, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Opik 1933, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Williams 1962 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aegiromena, Chonetoidea, Epelidoaegiria, Gatosella, Jonesea, Mezounia, Multiridgia, Nabiaoia, Sericoidea, Tenuimena
Subtaxa: Aegiria (Epelidoaegiria) Aegiria apta Aegiria garthensis Aegiria norvegica
Type: Aegiria norvegica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (7 collections), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory), China (13), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (1), Mongolia (1), Norway (12), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of China (3), the Czech Republic (14), Italy (2), Spain (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 82 collections including 84 occurrences
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