†subfamily Platystrophiinae Schuchert 1929 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Parent taxon: Plectorthidae according to M. A. Zuykov 1999
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Rubel 1961
Sister taxa: Apollonorthis, Ashinaorthis, Atlantida, Corineorthis, Desmorthis, Doleroides, Hebertella, Irhirea, Lipanorthis, Mimella, Nanorthis, Oligorthis, Orthostrophiinae, Paterorthis, Platystrophinae, Plectorthinae, Plectorthis, Pseudomimella, Schizophorella, Severginella, Weberorthis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platystrophiinae in the database