†subfamily Clintonellinae Poulsen 1943 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Parent taxon: Atrypinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Atrypininae, Plectatrypinae, Spirigerininae
Subtaxa: Alispira Anabaria Athyrisinoides Beitaia Clintonella Nalivkinia Rongatrypa Tibetatrypa Uncitispira
Type: Clintonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection)
• Silurian of Canada (18: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Québec), China (37), Estonia (6), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (22), United States (6: Iowa, New York)
• Ordovician of China (3), Kazakhstan (13)
Total: 107 collections including 131 occurrences