†family Sarganostegidae Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Balatonospiridae, Lepismatinidae, Paraspiriferinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Sarganostega
Type: Sarganostega
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (45: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 45 collections including 51 occurrences