Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland 1-207
Parent taxon: Pentameroidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Talent 1963
Sister taxa: Conchidiidae, Subrianidae, Virgianidae
Subtaxa: Bisulcata Brooksina Capelliniella Eokirkidium Eopentamerus Harpidium Jolvia Kirkidium Lissocoelina Nanukidium Pentamerifera Pentamerinae Pentameroides Pentameroidinae Pentamerus Rhipidium Stenopentamerus Twenhofelia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1)
• Clinton of Canada (7: British Columbia)
• Silurian of Australia (4), Belarus (1), Canada (152: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec, Yukon Territory), China (16), the Czech Republic (6), Estonia (25), Greenland (2), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (2), Latvia (1), Lithuania (8), Mexico (1), Mongolia (4), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (20), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (14), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (13), United States (123: Alaska, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec), United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
Total: 421 collections including 499 occurrences