Class Craniata Williams et al. 1996 (lamp shell)
This is a class of "inarticulate" brachiopods that is unfortunately a homonym with the chordate group Craniata.
Full reference: A. Williams, S. Carlson, C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, and L. Popov. 1996. A supra-ordinal classification of the Brachiopoda. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 351(1344):1171-1103
Parent taxon: Craniiformea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Carlson 2001, Skovsted 2006 and Williams et al. 1996
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Craniida Craniopsida Melbournopterus Patella ottomana
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder