Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Synonyms: Costellariinae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Licharewiconchidae Kotlyar et al. 2004, Sinuatellidae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447
Parent taxon: Aulostegidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Kotlyar et al. 2004, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Williams et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Agelesiinae, Aulosteginae, Chonosteginae, Ctenalosiinae, Echinosteginae, Edriosteginae, Gondolininae, Rhamnariinae, Taeniothaerinae
Subtaxa: Costellarina Craspedona Glyptosteges Institella Institina Licharewiconcha Polymorpharia Retroplexus Rugicostella Sinuatella
Type: Institella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
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