Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Parent taxon: Sowerbyella according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Sowerbyella (Eochonetes), Sowerbyella (Rugosowerbyella), Sowerbyella (Viruella), Sowerbyella anticipata, Sowerbyella billabongensis, Sowerbyella curdsvillensis, Sowerbyella eha, Sowerbyella gigantea, Sowerbyella grierensis, Sowerbyella kayi, Sowerbyella lebanonensis, Sowerbyella lepta, Sowerbyella merriami, Sowerbyella minnesotensis, Sowerbyella monilifera, Sowerbyella multipartita, Sowerbyella perplexa, Sowerbyella raegaverensis, Sowerbyella rugosa, Sowerbyella saunjaensis, Sowerbyella silicica, Sowerbyella sladensis, Sowerbyella socialis, Sowerbyella soudleyensis, Sowerbyella subovalis, Sowerbyella trabeata
Subtaxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) elusa Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) varicostellata
Type: Leptaena sericea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee collections)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Belarus (3), Canada (21: Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), China (21), Estonia (70), Ireland (9), Kazakhstan (50), Latvia (5), Lithuania (12), the Netherlands (1), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (55), United States (34: Alaska, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Virginia)
Total: 299 collections including 310 occurrences