†family Lituitidae Philips 1848 (mollusk)
Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae
Parent taxon: Lituitida according to D. H. Evans 2005
See also Crick 1981, Dzik 1984, Frye 1982, Mutvei 2002, Strand 1934, Sweet 1958 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Lamellorthoceratidae, Sinoceratidae, Sphooceratidae
Subtaxa: Ancistroceras Angelinoceras Bodoceras Cyclolituites Holmiceras Lituites Trilacinoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Uhaku of Norway (2)
• Volkhov of Norway (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (26), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), Lithuania (2), Norway (16), South Korea (7), Spain (1), Sweden (14)
Total: 78 collections including 100 occurrences