†subfamily Cortezorthinae Johnson and Talent 1967 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Parent taxon: Dalmanellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Jones 1982
Sister taxa: Cincinnetina, Crassiorina, Dalmanella, Dalmanellid, Dalmanellinae, Isorthinae, Onniella, Prokopiinae, Resserellinae, Templeellinae
Subtaxa: Cariniferella Cortezorthis Reeftonia
Type: Cortezorthis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Canada (17: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (2), Czechia (3), France (2), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (85: Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 119 collections including 125 occurrences