Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Parent taxon: Delthyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Johnson 1995
Sister taxa: Acrospiriferidae, Cyrtinopsidae, Delthyrididae, Filispiriferidae, Mucrospiriferidae
Subtaxa: Fimbrispiriferinae Hysterolitinae Sollispirifer
Type: Hysterolites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (24), Austria (1), Belgium (7), Bolivia (34), Brazil (19), Canada (19: Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (39), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (5), France (13), Germany (30), Luxembourg (2), Mauritania (3), Morocco (3), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (16), Spain (19), the United Kingdom (4), United States (68: California, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (3), Vietnam (10)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
Total: 335 collections including 412 occurrences