Synonym: Chonetida Nalivkin 1979 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. G. Muir-Wood. 1955. A History of the Classification of the Phylum Brachiopoda 1-124
Parent taxon: Productida according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Campi and Shi 2005, Shen et al. 2003, Waterhouse 2004 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Balikunochonetes, Chaoina, Choanoproductus, Chonopectella, Lyttoniidina, Pectenoproductus, Ploughsharella, Producta brachythaerus, Productidina, Santanghuia, Strophalosiidina, Uraloproductus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Chile (3), China (2), Nepal (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (4), Canada (1: Yukon), United States (9: Alaska, California, Georgia, Tennessee)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4), Germany (1), United States (1: New York), Venezuela (2)
• Silurian of Poland (1)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence