†subfamily Pinguispiriferinae Havlicek 1971 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Parent taxon: Adolfiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Adolfiinae, Callispiriferinae, Eurekaspiriferinae
Subtaxa: Amoenospirifer Brevispirifer Ljudmilispirifer Nikiforovaena Pinguispirifer Spurispirifer
Type: Pinguispirifer
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (3: Nunavut, Ontario), China (4), Czechia (13), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (4: Alaska)
• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (4), Czechia (8), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 50 collections including 64 occurrences