†subfamily Anoplothecinae Schuchert 1894 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Parent taxon: Anoplothecidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxon: Coelospirinae
Subtaxa: Anoplotheca Bifida Butkovia Dnestrina
Type: Anoplotheca
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of France (3 collections)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (6), France (5), Germany (9), Poland (2), Spain (3), Ukraine (1), United States (7: Maryland, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)
• Silurian of Ukraine (1), United States (2: Georgia, Virginia)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences