†family Balatonospiridae Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Lepismatinidae, Paraspiriferinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Balatonospirinae Dinarispirinae Yalongiinae
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), China (37), Croatia (1), Hungary (14), Italy (10), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 77 collections including 99 occurrences