†family Spiriferidae King 1846 (lamp shell)
Full reference: W. King. 1846. Remarks on certain genera belonging to the class Palliobranchiata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 183:26-42
Parent taxon: Spiriferoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Choristitidae, Imbrexiidae, Reticulariacea, Spiriferellidae, Trigonotretidae
Subtaxa: Allanaria, Brachythyrinae, Delthyrinae, Ovispirifer, Prospirinae, Purdonellinae, Sergospiriferinae, Spiriferinae
Type: Spirifer
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder