Family Eurystomellidae Levinsen 1909 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Eurystomellidae
Synonym: Australianidae Powell 1966
Parent taxon: Catenicelloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952 and Grischenko and Gordon 2004
Sister taxa: Catenicellidae, Concatenellidae, Dicasignetella, Petalostegidae, Savignyellidae
Subtaxa: Eurystomella Integripelta Selenariopsis Zygopalme
Type: Eurystomella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hawkes Bay (Pliocene of New Zealand)