†family Heterelasminidae Licharew 1956 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
Parent taxon: Dielasmatoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Savage and Baxter 1995 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Adygellopsis, Angustothyrididae, Antzeilleridae, Athyrorhynchia, Beecheriidae, Dielasmatidae, Gillediidae, Juvavellidae, Paradygella, Proanadyrella, Pseudodielasmatidae, Pseudoharttina, Pseudopygoides, Thyratryaria, Zugmayeriidae, Aulacothyroideidae
Subtaxa: Amurothyris Chuanyanella Gundarolasmina Heterelasmina Mimaria Permicola Pseudolabaia Qinglongia
Type: Heterelasmina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: