Parent taxon: Ascophora according to E. Di Martino and P. D. Taylor 2013
See also Berning 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Catenicelloidea, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippoporinidae, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactellidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Spiroporinidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Tubucellariidae
Subtaxa: Chorizoporidae Trypostegidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Colombia (1), France (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (6)
• Oligocene of United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (3: Alabama, Florida)
Total: 38 collections including 40 occurrences