Class Stenolaemata Borg 1926 (bryozoan)
Parent taxon: Bryozoa according to A. Ernst et al. 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Boardman et al. 1983, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Ernst et al. 2014, Ernst and Nakrem 2012, Jiménez-Sánchez 2009, Koromyslova 2011, Lee et al. 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Dingeria, Dingeria depressa, Eurystomata, Fenestellida, Flabellina, Gymnolaemata, Phylactolaemata, Cycliophora
Subtaxa: Assatkinella Bajolla Basslederella Brestopora Cryptostomata Cyclophaenopora Cyclostomata Cyclostomatida Cystoporata Fenrstrata Niigaella Orbiporidae Palaeostomata Pycnobasis Rhabdomesida Schischatella Trepostomata Tubuliporata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder