†family Cyrtodontidae Ulrich 1894 (clam)
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1894. The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota. Minnesota Geology and Natural History Survey 3:475-628
Parent taxon: Cyrtodontoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cyrtodonta, Cyrtodontinae, Cyrtodontula, Dickinsartella, Heikea, Macrodesma, Matheria, Ortonella, Pharcidoconcha, Ptychodesma, Ptychodesmatinae, Thorslundia, Vanuxemia, Warburgia, Yonginella
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder