Phylum Brachiopoda Cuvier 1805 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Panbrachiopoda according to Carlson and Cohen 2020
See also Edgecombe et al. 2011, Martin 1904, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Nielsen 2012, Phleger 1933, Sepkoski 2002 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Stenothecoida
Subtaxa: Acanthotretella Ancylopoda Arthropomata Articulata Clitambonoidea Craniiformea Dallinacea Dichotomosella Drakozoon Ecardines Ernogia Helictopoda Inarticulata Lathamella Linguliformea Lyopomata Mickwitziidae Oymurania Plectorhynchonella Pygocaulia Rhynchonelliformea Rictia Surindia Testicardines Thecidium Tommotiida Vjalovithyris
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder