†family Sapphicorhynchidae Sartenaer 2007 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Sapphicorhynchidae
Full reference: P. Sartenaer. 2007. Sapphicorhynchus, a new early Givetian rhynchonellid (brachiopod) genus from western New York State, USA, and Sapphicorhynchidae, n. fam. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 77:41-61
Parent taxon: Rhynchonelloidea according to P. Sartenaer 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthothirididae, Inaequalibellirostridae, Nucinulidae, Platyterorhynchidae, Rhynchonellidae, Lepidocyclidae
Subtaxa: Sapphicorhynchus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Colombia (2 collections), United States (18: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence