†subfamily Araksalosiinae Lazarev 1989 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Parent taxon: Araksalosiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Donalosiinae, Quadratiinae, Rhytialosiinae
Subtaxa: Acanthatia Araksalosia Hamlingella Ruthiphiala Whidbornella
Type: Araksalosia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (2 collections), Libya (1), United States (2: Illinois, Iowa/Illinois)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (8), China (1), France (3), Germany (13), Libya (2), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (47: Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 92 collections including 109 occurrences