Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Alternative spelling: Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta)
Synonyms: Aphanomena Bergstrom 1968, Neokjaerina
Parent taxon: Leptostrophiidae according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015
See also Boucot 1960, Boucot and Johnson 1964, Cocks 2005, Mitchell 1977, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Villas and Cocks 1996 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Barbaestrophia, Brachyprion, Castellaroina, Chynistrophia, Eomegastrophia, Gamphalosia, Gibberostrophia, Leptostrophia, Mesoleptostrophia, Nervostrophia, Palaeoleptostrophia, Protoleptostrophia, Protomegastrophia, Retrorstrophia, Rotundostrophia, Tubulostrophia, Tudiaophomena, Tuvaechonetes, Tuvaestrophia, Velostrophia, Viodostrophia
Subtaxa: Aphanomena planoconvexa Aphanomena schmalenseei Aphanomena urbicola Eostropheodonta augusta Eostropheodonta bublitschenki Eostropheodonta chilcaensis Eostropheodonta conradii Eostropheodonta delicata Eostropheodonta discumbata Eostropheodonta hirnantensis Eostropheodonta luna Eostropheodonta mullochensis Eostropheodonta multiradiata Eostropheodonta parvicostellata Eostropheodonta portfieldensis Eostropheodonta schmalenseei Eostropheodonta squamosa Eostropheodonta tafilaltensis Eostropheodonta ultrix Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta) williamsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (10 collections), Canada (5: New Brunswick, Quebec, Québec), China (6), Estonia (15), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (12), Paraguay (2), Peru (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (9), Venezuela (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (8: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Québec), South Africa (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (18: Quebec, Québec), China (28), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (8), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (3), Latvia (24), Lithuania (1), Morocco (7), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (19), Paraguay (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (17), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (33)
Total: 248 collections including 268 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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