Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Vinellidae
Parent taxon: Ctenostomata according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1911 and Bassler 1953
Sister taxa: Arachnidiidae, Arachnoidella, Ascodictyidae, Benedeniporoidea, Cardiarachnidium, Carnosa, Casteropora, Cookobryozoon, Euctenostomata, Fischerella, Foraripora, Haimeina, Harmeriella, Huxleya, Marcusopora, Paludicellea, Ropalonariidae, Stolonicella, Stolonifera, Vesicularina, Voigtella
Subtaxa: Condranema Heteronema Vinella Vinelloidea
Type: Vinella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), United States (2: New Mexico, Texas)
• Permian of United States (36: Kansas, New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Morocco (1), Poland (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Anticosti)
• Ordovician of Czechia (1), Estonia (5), Spain (1), Sweden (1), United States (3: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont)
Total: 54 collections including 57 occurrences