Class Gymnolaemata Allman 1856 (bryozoan)
Parent taxon: Bryozoa according to R. S. Boardman et al. 1983
See also Bassler 1953, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Gordon et al. 1994, Guha and Gipikrishna 2007, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997, López-Gappa and Pérez 2019, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Dingeria, Dingeria depressa, Fenestellida, Phylactolaemata, Stenolaemata, Cycliophora
Subtaxa: Cheilostomata Cheilostomatida Ctenostomata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder