Parent taxon: Ascophora according to A. V. Grischenko and D. P. Gordon 2004
See also Di Martino and Taylor 2015 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippoporinidae, Hippothooidea, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactellidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Spiroporinidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Tubucellariidae
Subtaxa: Concatenellidae Eurystomellidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hawkes Bay (Pliocene of New Zealand)