Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Tessaradomidae
Parent taxon: Lepralielloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2015 and Lee et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Bryocryptellidae, Cheilhorneropsidae, Dhondtiscidae, Eoporella, Hincksiporidae, Jaculinidae, Lepraliellidae, Metrarabdotosidae, Romancheinidae, Sclerodomidae, Sfeniellidae, Umbonulidae
Subtaxa: Beisselina Pachydermopora Pachythecella Pavobeisselina Pseudobathystomella Sendinopora Tessaradoma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Tonga (2), United States (8: Alabama, Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences