†family Lycophoriidae Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Orthoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anomalorthidae, Bohemiellidae, Glyptorthidae, Hesperonomiidae, Hesperorthidae, Orthidae, Orthidiellidae, Plaesiomyidae, Poramborthidae, Productorthidae, Tarfayidae, Whittardiidae, Dolerorthidae
Subtaxa: Lycophoria
Type: Lycophoria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder