Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to A. V. Koromyslova and V. B. Seltser 2020
See also Berning 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Grischenko and Gordon 2004, Guha and Gipikrishna 2007, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007 and Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Sister taxa: Adeonellidae, Aegyptopora, Anasca, Ascophorina, Atacama, Batoporidae, Biavicularium, Bicornifera, Bifissurinella, Boreasina, Brydonella, Bubnoffiella, Buffonella, Buffonellodidae, Calescharidae, Calvina, Catenicellidae, Chasmazoon, Cheilohorneropsis, Chiplonkarinidae, Chlidoniidae, Chlidoniopsidae, Christinella, Cillia, Cleidochasma, Craspedoporina, Cryptosulidae, Cyclicoporidae, Didymosellidae, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Discovibracella, Ditaxiporina, Dysnoetocella, Eohippotha, Eoscrupocellaria, Escharellidae, Escharinidae, Exochellidae, Fissuricella, Flustrella, Flustrina, Gemelliporellidae, Geminella, Grammothoa, Haplopomella, Helix, Helixotionella, Hemeschara, Hincksiporidae, Hippopodinidae, Hippoporidridae, Hippothoidae, Hoeverella, Hopora, Hormerella, Kronothoa, Kylonisa, Lacrimula, Latereschara, Laterotecatia, Lepraliidae, Lunulariidae, Malacostegina, Mamilloporidae, Marquetta, Membraniporina, Metrarabdotosidae, Monticellaria, Mosathoa, Neliella, Nudonychocella, Obliquostoma, Ochetosellina, Onychocellaria, Orbituliporidae, Otionellidae, Paravinella, Parobeisselina, Pasytheidae, Pavolunuites, Petaloconchus, Pnictoporopsis, Poricellariidae, Porismittina, Porometra, Pseudobeisselma, Pseudolunulites, Quadricellariidae, Quadriscutella, Radulopora, Revssirella, Rhabdotometra, Savignyellidae, Schizemiellopsis, Schizotrema, Sclerodomidae, Scorioporidae, Setosellidae, Skylonia, Solenonychocella, Sphaerulobryozoon, Staurosteginopora, Stenopsis, Stichtostega, Sylonika, Taeniocellana, Taenioporella, Tessaradomidae, Teuchoporidae, Thalamoporellidae, Thecatia, Tornipora, Tremocoscinopleura, Tricornicella, Tshokrakopora, Tubescharina, Umbonulidae, Uniavicularia, Vinculariidae, Virgocella, Voorthuyseniella, Wawalia, Xaveropora
Subtaxa: Adeonoidea Ascophorina Cellarioidea Celleporoidea Schizoporelloidea Siphonicytaroidea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder