Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Alternative spelling: Furcitellinae
Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2019
See also Cocks 2005, Cocks 2010, Hoel 2011, Jakobsen et al. 2014, Liljeroth et al. 2017, Neuman and Bruton 1974, Popov et al. 2000, Roomusoks 2004, Rubel 2011 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Amphistrophiidae, Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Eopholidostrophiidae, Foliomenidae, Glyptomenidae, Idioglyptus, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Leptostrophiidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Shaleriidae, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta
Subtaxa: Bajanhongorella Bekkerina Biparetis Crassoseptaria Cyphomenoidea Dactylogonia Dzhebaglina Furcitella Geniculina Geniculomena Haljalanites Karomena Katastrophomena Kirkina Laevicyphomena Luhaia Maakina Mansina Megamyonia Molongcola Murinella Oepikina Oslomena Panderites Pentlandina Quondongia Sakunites Tallinnites Teratelasmella Titanomena Transridgeia Trigrammaria Trotlandella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Jaani of Estonia (3), Lithuania (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (29: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (19), the Czech Republic (5), Estonia (15), Iran (1), Lithuania (1), Norway (17), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (1), Sweden (37), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (69), United States (2: Iowa, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1)
• Dobrotivian of Spain (1)
• Uhaku of Estonia (26), the Russian Federation (2)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (6: Nevada, Utah, Virginia)
• Chazyan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), United States (29: New York, Tennessee, Vermont)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (21), Belgium (10), Canada (152: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (5), Estonia (95), Ireland (4), Kazakhstan (11), Latvia (2), Lithuania (2), Mongolia (3), Norway (13), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (51), Spain (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (37), United States (145: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 856 collections including 1042 occurrences