Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Parent taxon: Lophophyllidium according to Grabau 1928
Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium), Lophophyllidium acostatum, Lophophyllidium columellum, Lophophyllidium compactum, Lophophyllidium crassiseptatum, Lophophyllidium interseptatum, Lophophyllidium jiezhangense, Lophophyllidium kayseri, Lophophyllidium liangshanense, Lophophyllidium multiseptum, Lophophyllidium nucleum, Lophophyllidium pendulum, Lophophyllidium profundum, Lophophyllidium proliferum, Lophophyllidium robustum, Lophophyllidium siamense, Lophophyllidium striatum, Lophophyllidium vallum, Lophophyllidium vidriensis, Lophophyllidium vietnamense, Lophophyllidium xiangyashanense, Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea, Sinophyllum parvum, Sinophyllum pendulum, Sinophyllum breviseptatum, Sinophyllum clavaeformis, Stereostylus annae, Stereostylus xizangensis, Stereostylus bollibokkensis
Subtaxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) compressum Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) confertum Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) skinneri Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), East Timor (1), United States (17: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (61: Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 81 collections including 112 occurrences