†family Pithodeidae Wenz 1938 (snail)
Full reference: W. Wenz. 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda. Handbuch der Paläozoologie
Parent taxon: Murchisonioidea according to P. J. Wagner 2011
Sister taxa: Berouniconcha, Cheeneetnukiidae, Hormotomidae, Kaseiella, Kosovoconcha, Mendelia, Murchisoniidae, Plethospiridae
Subtaxa: Caliendrum, Pithodea, Pithodeinae
Type: Pithodea
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder