†class Diploporita Müller 1854
Parent taxon: Blastozoa according to S. L. Sheffield and C. D. Sumrall 2019
See also Beaver et al. 1967, Bockelie 1984, Jell 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asteroblastida, Blastoidea, Crinoidea, Eocrinoidea, Glyptosphaeritida, Lepidocystoidea, Parablastoidea, Paracrinoidea, Rhombifera, Rhombifera, Soluta, Sphaeronitida
Subtaxa: Aristocystitoida Batalleria Codiacystis Destombesia Glyptosphaeritidacea Parasphaeronitiidae Pemphocystis Proterocystites Seriolata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder