†family Plectorhynchellidae Rzhonsnitskaia 1958 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Plectorhynchellidae
Parent taxon: Pugnacoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Aseptorhynchiidae, Basiliolidae, Camerophorinidae, Erymnariidae, Ladogiidae, Paranorellidae, Petasmariidae, Pseudocapillirhynchia, Pugnacidae, Pygmaellidae, Rozmanariidae, Yunnanellidae
Subtaxa: Plectorhynchellinae Pygmaellinae
Type: Plectorhynchella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Czechia (3), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (5: Alaska)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence