Parent taxon: Stenolaemata according to A. Ernst and H. A. Nakrem 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Boardman et al. 1983, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Ernst and Carrera 2008, Ernst et al. 2015, Gilmour and Snyder 2000, Jiménez-Sánchez 2009, Landing et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhang et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Assatkinella, Bajolla, Basslederella, Brestopora, Cyclophaenopora, Cyclostomatida, Fenrstrata, Niigaella, Orbiporidae, Palaeostomata, Pycnobasis, Rhabdomesida, Schischatella, Trepostomata, Tubuliporata
Subtaxa: Artchedella Cryptostyloecia Cycloporidae Eichwaldictya Europora Eurythyrhombopora Fenestelloidea Ipmorella Kielanopora Nemacanthclema Nemacanthopora Nudymiella Palaeocoryne Palescharidae Paranicklespora Phaenophragma Primarella Promediapora Pseudoascopora Ptilodictyina Ptilodictyoidea Rhabdomesina Rhabdomesoidae Rhabdomesontidae Rhinidictyonidae Rhinoporidae Rozonovia Shishoviclema Silenella Staffordotaxis Streblopax Strebloplax Tamaroclema Verella Veroclema Worthenoporidae Yangotrypa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder