†family Echinospiriferidae Liashenko 1973 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Parent taxon: Adolfioidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Savage and Baxter 1995
Sister taxon: Adolfiidae
Subtaxa: Adolfispirifer Arctospirifer Echinospirifer Enchondrospirifer Hispidaria Howittia Indospirifer Rigauxia Sergunkovia
Type: Echinospirifer
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of China (1 collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (5), Australia (10), China (36), France (3), Germany (2), Iran (1), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (24: Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (3)
Total: 91 collections including 102 occurrences