†subfamily Phyllocystinae Derstler 1979
Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae
Parent taxon: Cothurnocystidae according to B. Lefebvre and D. Vizcaino 1999
Sister taxa: Acuticarpus, Archaeocothurnus, Cardiocystella, Chauvelicystinae, Cothurnocystinae, Nevadaecystis, Ponticulocarpus, Scotiaecystinae, Trigonocarpus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phyllocystinae in the database