†family Rhaphischismatidae Knight 1956 (snail)
Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Rhaphischismatidae
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42
Parent taxon: Pleurotomarioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Golikov and Starobogatov 1975 and Knight et al. 1960
Sister taxa: Catantostomatidae, Kittlidiscidae, Lancedelliidae, Pleurotomariidae, Polytremariidae, Raphistomella, Stuorellidae, Transylvanella, Trochotomidae, Zygitidae
Subtaxa: Rhaphischisma
Type: Rhaphischisma
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Visé (Carboniferous of Belgium)