†family Orthotetellidae Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Parent taxon: Orthotetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Derbyiidae, Meekellidae, Orthotetidae, Pulsiidae, Schuchertellidae
Subtaxa: Hypopsia Orthotetella
Type: Orthotetella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: