Parent taxon: Brachiopoda according to Y. Liang et al. 2020
See also Devaere et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthotretella, Ancylopoda, Arthropomata, Articulata, Clitambonoidea, Craniiformea, Dallinacea, Dichotomosella, Drakozoon, Ecardines, Ernogia, Helictopoda, Inarticulata, Lathamella, Linguliformea, Lyopomata, Oymurania, Plectorhynchonella, Pygocaulia, Rhynchonelliformea, Rictia, Surindia, Testicardines, Thecidium, Tommotiida, Vjalovithyris
Subtaxa: Heliomedusa Kerberellus Mickwitzia Microschedia Paramickwitzia Setatella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (11: Alberta, Labrador, Newfoundland collections), China (40), Greenland (21), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (3), United States (2: California)
Total: 79 collections including 83 occurrences