Synonym: Palaeonustidae Wenz 1938
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists 1-664
Parent taxon: Euomphaloidea according to P. Jeffery 2003
Sister taxa: Anomphalidae, Elasmonematidae, Euomphalidae, Helicotomidae, Holopeidae, Kitikamispira, Lesueurillidae, Microdomatidae, Nettersheimia, Omphalocirridae, Omphalocirrinae, Omphalotrochidae, Ornollus, Raphistomatidae, Rhenomphalus, Serpulospira, Tychobraheidae
Subtaxa: Astralites, Bergmadsenella, Decorospirinae, Devonoconica, Eotrochus, Gaspephorus, Kowalatrochus, Pagodea, Palaeonustus, Peelophorus, Petrochus, Protocalyptraea, Pseudophorinae, Pseudophorus, Pseudotectus, Sallya, Scalaetrochus, Shedhornia, Siluriphorus, Taemasotrochus, Yochelsonatia
Type: Pseudophorus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder