†family Aulacothyroideidae Dagys 1972 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Aulacothyroideidae
Parent taxon: Dielasmatacea according to A. S. Dagys 1977
See also Bychkov et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Adygellopsis, Angustothyrididae, Antzeilleridae, Athyrorhynchia, Beecheriidae, Dielasmatidae, Gillediidae, Heterelasminidae, Juvavellidae, Paradygella, Proanadyrella, Pseudodielasmatidae, Pseudoharttina, Pseudopygoides, Thyratryaria, Zugmayeriidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aulacothyroideidae in the database