Subclass Phyllopoda (branchiopod)
Named by Pruess, 1951
Parent taxon: Branchiopoda according to M. Schwentner et al. 2018
See also Hegna et al. 2020, Hegna and Ren 2010, M'Coy 1849 and Martin and Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Anostraca, Ketmeniidae, Sarsostraca
Subtaxa: Branchipodiadae Calmanostraca Diplostraca
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore