†subfamily Hesperorthinae Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dolerorthidae
Parent taxon: Dolerorthidae according to J. Jin and B. D. E. Chatterton 1997
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Mitchell 1977, Opik 1934, Potter 1990, Villas and Cocks 1996, Wright 1964 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxon: Dolerorthinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hesperorthinae in the database