†subfamily Karpinskiinae Poulsen 1943 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Parent taxon: Karpinskiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxon: Vagraniinae
Subtaxa: Crassatrypa Eokarpinskia Karpinskia Mimatrypa Neokarpinskia
Type: Karpinskia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (7 collections), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), Germany (7), Italy (5), the Russian Federation (30), Tajikistan (5), United States (6: Nevada)
• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 70 collections including 89 occurrences