†subfamily Nucleusorhynchiinae Xu 1990 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bilaminellinae, Davanirhynchiinae, Grestenella, Hypothyris, Ivanoviellinae, Piarorhynchiinae, Praecyclothyrinae, Rhynchonellinae, Striirhynchiinae, Uralorhynchiinae
Subtaxa: Murihikurhynchia Nucleusorhynchia Uniplicatorhynchia
Type: Nucleusorhynchia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (15)
• Triassic to Jurassic of New Zealand (1)
• Triassic of China (2), Nepal (1), New Caledonia (8), New Zealand (44), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 73 collections including 80 occurrences