Subfamily Eucalathinae Muir-Wood 1965 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Parent taxon: Chlidonophoridae according to A. Dulai 2010
See also Cooper 1973, Kaim et al. 2010 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Agulhasiinae, Chlidonophorinae, Draciinae, Orthothyridinae
Subtaxa: Bathynanus Eucalathis Melvicalathus Nanacalathis Notozyga Rectocalathis
Type: Eucalathis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Miocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence