Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Perry and Chatterton 1979
Sister taxa: Bilaminellinae, Davanirhynchiinae, Grestenella, Hypothyris, Ivanoviellinae, Nucleusorhynchiinae, Piarorhynchiinae, Praecyclothyrinae, Striirhynchiinae, Uralorhynchiinae
Subtaxa: Choffatirhynchia Curtirhynchia Fusirhynchia Herangirhynchia Homoeorhynchia Kabanoviella Laevigaterhynchia Lunarhynchia Planirhynchia Rhynchonella Rhynchonelloidea
Type: Rhynchonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (19 collections), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (7), France (16), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Madagascar (6), Mexico (6), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (4), Poland (2), Portugal (20), the Russian Federation (10), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (14), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (2: California)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Algeria (3), Argentina (1), Austria (9), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (12), Canada (7: Alberta, British Columbia), Chile (44), China (2), East Timor (1), Ethiopia (12), France (144), Germany (24), Greenland (23), Hungary (21), India (12), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Italy (10), Kenya (3), Madagascar (5), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), Nepal (1), New Caledonia (11), New Zealand (143), Poland (2), Portugal (29), the Russian Federation (26), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (211), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (20), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (60), United States (2: Alaska, California)
• Triassic of Austria (14), Bosnia and Herzegovina (19), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (4), China (5), East Timor (3), Germany (1), Hungary (13), India (2), Indonesia (8), Italy (16), Japan (1), New Zealand (3), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (21), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Turkey (3), Ukraine (4), United States (13: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Permian of Austria (1), Bolivia (1), India (1), Italy (6), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (1), United States (2: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of India (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Brazil (4), Italy (2), United States (4: Alaska, Indiana)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario), Norway (1), United States (18: Alaska, Illinois, New York)
Total: 1184 collections including 1345 occurrences