†tribe Plicochonetini Sokolskaya 1960 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Parent taxon: Plicochonetinae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Prorugaria, Rugariini
Subtaxa: Plicochonetes
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (6), Canada (2: Alberta), Ireland (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (30: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Germany (10)
Total: 76 collections including 81 occurrences