Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Parent taxon: Wellerellidae according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and F. García Joral 2022
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Exlaminellinae, Madarosiinae, Nipponirhynchiinae, Saubachia, Strigirhynchiinae, Tricoriinae, Trophisininae, Uncinunellininae, Wellerellinae
Subtaxa: Apertirhynchella Calcirhynchia Cirpa Euxinella Moisseievia Robinsonella Salgirella Vincentirhynchia
Type: Cirpa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (11), Austria (26), Bulgaria (2), Chile (6), China (2), France (42), Germany (3), Greece (2), Greenland (1), Hungary (31), Italy (21), Madagascar (1), New Caledonia (15), New Zealand (67), Portugal (5), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (4), the United Kingdom (28)
• Triassic of Austria (4), China (12), Iran (1), Japan (1), Myanmar (1), New Caledonia (3), New Zealand (9), Papua New Guinea (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (13), Slovakia (5), Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 338 collections including 418 occurrences