†family Karpinskiidae Poulsen 1943 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Parent taxon: Palaferelloidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Palaferellidae, Symmatrypidae
Subtaxa: Karpinskiinae Vagraniinae
Type: Karpinskia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (7 collections), Canada (14: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (7), Germany (7), Italy (5), the Russian Federation (33), Tajikistan (5), United States (20: Nevada), Uzbekistan (1)
• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 104 collections including 128 occurrences