†subfamily Pentamerinae McCoy 1844 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to J. Jin and B. D. E. Chatterton 1997
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974
Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia
Subtaxa: Jovia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentamerinae in the database