†order Edrioasterida Bell 1976
Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida
Alternative spelling: Edrioasteroida
Parent taxon: Edrioasteroidea according to J. Sprinkle and C. D. Sumrall 2015
See also Parsley and Prokop 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aragocystites, Camptostroma, Cyathocystida, Cyathothecidae, Edrioblastoida, Hemicystitidae, Isorophida, Isorophina, Isorophinidae, Kailidiscus, Pyrgocystidae, Stromatocystitida, Stromatocystitidae, Yorkicystitidae
Subtaxa: Aepyaster Edrioasterina Edrioblastoidina Edriophus Lampteroblastus Paredriophus Stromatocystites Totiglobidae
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder