Parent taxon: Stenolaemata according to D. E. Lee et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Archaeomeson, Assatkinella, Bajolla, Basslederella, Brestopora, Cryptostomida, Cyclophaenopora, Cyclostomata, Cystoporata, Cystoporida, Fenestrata, Fenestrida, Fenrstrata, Glossotrypa, Magnederella, Niigaella, Orbiporidae, Palaeostomata, Pycnobasis, Rhabdomesida, Rhenanerella, Schischatella, Trepostomata, Trepostomida, Tubuliporata
Subtaxa: Annectocymidae Crisiidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), Greece (2), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (10), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Morocco (3), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of France (5)
Total: 41 collections including 74 occurrences