Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Synonym: Sonculina
Parent taxon: Plectorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Desmorthis, Doleroides, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophiinae, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Plectorthis, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella
Subtaxa: Mimella borealis Mimella globosa Mimella globularis Mimella imperator Mimella nucleoidea Mimella vulgaris Mimella zhejiangensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (26: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (43: New York, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Virginia)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (22)
• Dawan of China (5)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (10), the Russian Federation (12), the United Kingdom (2), United States (74: Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 198 collections including 216 occurrences
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