Parent taxon: Dacryoconarida according to N. M. Farsan 1994
Sister taxa: Gonionowakiida, Procorniculinida, Styliola, Styliolinida, Viratellina
Subtaxa: Crassilinidae Nowakiidae Peneauiidae Striatostyliolinidae Undastriatostyliolinidae
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (2), Austria (2), Canada (12: Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (45), the Czech Republic (97), France (2), Germany (6), Italy (2), Malaysia (3), Morocco (39), Myanmar (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (16), Tajikistan (6), Thailand (3), United States (21: Alaska, Michigan, New York), Uzbekistan (3), Vietnam (6)
• Silurian of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 281 collections including 498 occurrences