Phylum Brachiopoda Cuvier 1805 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Lophophorata according to M. P. Nesnidal et al. 2013
See also Edgecombe et al. 2011, Martin 1904, Nielsen 2012, Phleger 1933, Sepkoski 2002 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Conicula, Hyolitha, Phlogites, Phoronida, Tentaculita, Tentaculitida
Subtaxa: Acanthotretella Ancylopoda Arthropomata Articulata Clitambonoidea Craniiformea Dallinacea Drakozoon Ecardines Eccentrotheca Ernogia Helictopoda Inarticulata Lathamella Linguliformea Lyopomata Mickwitziidae Oymurania Plectorhynchonella Pygocaulia Rhynchonelliformea Surindia Testicardines Thecidium Tommotiida
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder