Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Parent taxon: Strophomenoidea according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015
See also Cocks 2005, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Racheboeuf et al. 2004, Rubel 2011 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Amphistrophiidae, Dicoelostrophiidae, Douvillinidae, Douvinella, Eopholidostrophiidae, Foliomenidae, Furcitellidae, Glyptomenidae, Idioglyptus, Leptaenoideidae, Leptodontellidae, Playfairia, Rafinesquinidae, Rhenostrophia, Shaleriidae, Strophomenidae, Strophomenidea, Strophonellidae, Syntrophodonta
Subtaxa: Barbaestrophia Brachyprion Castellaroina Chynistrophia Eomegastrophia Eostropheodonta Gamphalosia Gibberostrophia Leptostrophia Mesoleptostrophia Nervostrophia Palaeoleptostrophia Protoleptostrophia Protomegastrophia Retrorstrophia Rotundostrophia Tubulostrophia Tudiaophomena Tuvaechonetes Tuvaestrophia Velostrophia Viodostrophia
Type: Leptostrophia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (3), Argentina (1), Australia (38), Belgium (7), Bolivia (3), Brazil (3), Canada (46: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (13), Colombia (23), the Czech Republic (16), France (7), Germany (9), Kazakhstan (1), Mauritania (1), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (5), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (4), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (410: Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (5), Vietnam (2)
• Jaani of Estonia (4), Lithuania (1)
• Niagaran of Canada (3: Québec)
• Silurian to Devonian of Spain (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Argentina (17), Australia (12), Canada (170: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (23), the Czech Republic (15), Estonia (20), France (1), Guinea (1), Iran (1), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (10), Mexico (1), Mongolia (4), Norway (22), Paraguay (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (8), Sweden (33), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (70), United States (54: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (3)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (9: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Québec), South Africa (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Canada (21: Quebec, Québec), China (28), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (8), 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: 1280 collections including 1553 occurrences