Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Parent taxon: Lophophyllidium according to Fedorowski 1986
See also Kossovaya 2009
Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium), 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 clavaeformis, Sinophyllum pendulum, Sinophyllum breviseptatum, Sinophyllum parvum, Stereostylus bollibokkensis, Stereostylus xizangensis, Stereostylus annae
Subtaxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) cyathaxoniaforme Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) erugum Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) magnocolumnare Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) martini Lophophyllidium (Lophbillidium) spinosum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (1), United States (12: Texas)
Total: 17 collections including 23 occurrences