Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Parent taxon: Dasycladaceae according to M. H. Nitecki 1970
Sister taxa: Aciculella, Afghanopolia, Albertaporella, Amicus, Anatolipora, Andrusporella, Aphroporella, Atractyliopsis, Bakalovaella, Baratoloporella, Broeckella, Callisphenus, Cambroporella, Carpenterella, Catellaria, Catena, Clavaphysoporella, Clavaporella, Conipora, Coniporella, Cylindroporella, Cymopolia, Dactylopora, Dasycladacea, Dissocladella, Endoina, Eogoniolina, Eomizzia, Exvotarisella, Favoporella, Favoporella, Ferganella, Furcoporella, Gyroporella, Hamulusella, Harlanjohnsonella, Heteroporella, Imperiella, Intermurella, Jodotella, Johnsonia, Lemoinella, Litopora, Macroporella, Maupasia, Meminella, Mizzia, Montiella, Munieria, Nanjinoporella, Nanopora, Neogyroporella, Neomeris, Neoteutloporella, Novantiella, Ollaria, Orioporella, Otternstella, Pagodaporella, Palaeodasycladus, Paradella, Parkerella, Parnesina, Permopora, Phragmoporella, Physoporella, Piaea, Pianella, Piania, Poikiloporella, Pseudogyroporella, Pseudotabasoporella, Pseudovermiporella, Salopekiella, Salpingoporella, Samarella, Sarosiella, Selliporella, Sestrosphaera, Spinctoporella, Stichoporella, Stolleyella, Suppiluliumaella, Tabasoporella, Tersella, Tetraploporella, Thailandoporella, Unjaella, Uraloporella, Verticillopora, Windosoporella, Zaporella, Zittelina
Subtaxa: Apidium Coelosphaeridium Cyclocrinites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Silurian of India (1), Norway (7), United States (5: Iowa)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: Québec)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec), China (1), Estonia (3), Kazakhstan (3), the Netherlands (1), Norway (3)
Total: 33 collections including 37 occurrences