†family Platyterorhynchidae Savage 1996 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae
Alternative spelling: Platyterorhynchinae
Parent taxon: Rhynchonelloidea according to P. A. Sartenaer 2014
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthothirididae, Inaequalibellirostridae, Nucinulidae, Rhynchonellidae, Sapphicorhynchidae, Lepidocyclidae
Subtaxa: Insignitisinurostrum Katabuporhynchus Platyterorhynchus Stenaulacorhynchus
Type: Platyterorhynchus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie collections), France (3), United States (105: Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 110 collections including 111 occurrences