†family Rhopalocomidae Spencer and Wright 1966
Stenuroidea - Proturina - Rhopalocomidae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright. 1966. Asterozoans. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U Echinodermata 3 U(3):U4-U107
Parent taxon: Proturina according to D. B. Blake 2013
See also Dean Shackleton 2005 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Acinetasteridae, Bdellacomidae, Eophiuridae, Pradesuridae
Subtaxa: Archophiactis Rhopalocoma Tribulosaster
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence