†family Ropalonariidae Nickles and Bassler 1900 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Ropalonariidae
Parent taxon: Ctenostomata according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953
Sister taxa: Arachnidiidae, Arachnoidella, Ascodictyidae, Cardiarachnidium, Carnosa, Casteropora, Cookobryozoon, Euctenostomata, Fischerella, Foraripora, Haimeina, Harmeriella, Marcusopora, Paludicellea, Stolonicella, Stolonifera, Vesicularina, Vinellidae, Voigtella
Subtaxa: Ropalonaria
Type: Ropalonaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
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