†subfamily Obolinae King 1846 (lamp shell)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Parent taxon: Obolidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Elliptoglossinae, Eodicellomus, Glossellinae, Lingulella
Subtaxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Fordinia, Foveola, Gorjanskya, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Notiobolus, Obolopsis, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Squamilingulella, Trigonoglossa, Westonia, Westonisca
Type: Obolus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder