Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Alternative spelling: Coolinia
Synonyms: Chilidiopsis, Krizistrophia
Parent taxon: Fardenia according to B. Huang et al. 2019
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Hints and Harper 2015, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Rubel 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Fardenia (Fardenia), Fardenia comes, Fardenia costatula, Fardenia filistriata, Fardenia flabellata, Fardenia gwaliae, Fardenia modica, Fardenia oblectator, Fardenia scalena, Fardenia transversalis
Subtaxa: Coolinia applanata Coolinia convexa Coolinia gamachiana Coolinia gracilis Coolinia pecten Coolinia sulcata Fardenia (Coolinia) dalmani
Type: Coolinia applanata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jaani of Estonia (4 collections), Lithuania (2)
• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (85: New Brunswick, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (3), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (33), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Lithuania (6), Mexico (6), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (10), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (62: California, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin), Venezuela (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (35: Quebec), China (7), Estonia (4), Latvia (2), Lithuania (1), Myanmar (1), Norway (3), Sweden (9), Turkey (1), United States (3: Missouri)
Total: 322 collections including 331 occurrences