†subfamily Taphrodontinae Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Parent taxon: Plectambonitidae according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Leptestiinae, Plectambonitinae, Plectellinae
Subtaxa: Bandaleta Isophragma Nanambonites Taphrodonta Uzunbulakia
Type: Taphrodonta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (5: Nevada collections)
• Chazyan of United States (3: Alabama, Tennessee)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (7), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (17), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (9), United States (7: Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 59 collections including 62 occurrences