†tribe Breileeniini Brunton 1997 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Marginiferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Incisiini, Liaotarimella, Marginiferidae, Marginiferini, Paucispiniferidae, Trachomarginifera
Subtaxa: Breileenia Desmoinesia Neosandia
Type: Breileenia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California collection)
• Carboniferous of South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (129: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 132 collections including 158 occurrences