Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellida according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Ancistrorhynchoidea, Antistrixia, Apodosiidae, Areella, Asiarhynchia, Atlanticocoelia, Barzellinia, Basilioloidea, Beichuanrhynchus, Borealirhynchia, Camarotoechioidea, Camarotoechioides, Cardinirhynchiidae, Corrugatimediorostrum, Cyclothyridae, Dimerelloidea, Donella, Dorsisinus, Hemithiridoidea, Hypoleiorhynchus, Isjuminelina, Jacoburbirostridae, Lambdarinoidea, Langkawia, Laosia, Latirhynchia, Leiorhynchoides, Linxiangxiella, Miaohuangrhynchus, Mongolirhynchia, Neimongolella, Omolonorhynchia, Paratetratomia, Paryphorhynchopora, Payuella, Perakia, Platyglossariorhynchus, Plekonina, Pompoecilorhynchus, Praecyclothyrididae, Protorhyncha, Pseudonudirostra, Pseudopugnax, Pugnacoidea, Rhynchonella guadalupae, Rhynchonella mundula, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchoporoidea, Rhynchotetradoidea, Rhynchotrematoidea, Rhynchotretaoides, Rhynchotretina, Sacothyropsis, Salairotoechia, Sichuanrhynchus, Stenoscismatidina, Straelenia, Tanerhynchia, Tatjamoa, Togaella, Uncinuloidea, Uralotoechia, Wellerelloidea, Wulungguia, Yanbianella, Yarirhynchia, Yunshanella
Subtaxa: Frieleiidae Norellidae Ochotorhynchiidae Tethyrhynchiidae
Type: Norella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (4 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Cuba (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (11), Poland (18), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (5)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Hungary (1), Poland (7)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Austria (3), Bulgaria (3), China (1), France (18), Germany (17), Greece (5), Hungary (63), Italy (5), New Zealand (3), Poland (19), Portugal (42), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (25), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (5), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (14), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of Austria (20), Bosnia and Herzegovina (14), Bulgaria (2), China (98), Germany (2), Hungary (18), India (7), Indonesia (2), Italy (15), Kazakhstan (2), New Zealand (78), Papua New Guinea (2), Romania (13), the Russian Federation (27), Serbia and Montenegro (5), Slovakia (10), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (41), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (42: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah), Vietnam (1), Yemen (3)
• Permian of Australia (3)
Total: 707 collections including 893 occurrences