Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021
See also Berning 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Guha and Gipikrishna 2007, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Koromyslova and Seltser 2020, Ostrovsky and Taylor 2004, Schmidt 2003 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003
Sister taxa: Anasca, Ascophorina, Atacama, Biavicularium, Buffonella, Craspedoporina, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Exochellidae, Flustrella, Gemelliporellidae, Haplopomella, Helix, Hemeschara, Hopora, Hormerella, Inovicellina, Lepraliidae, Malacostegina, Marquetta, Membraniporina, Neocheilostomina, Paravinella, Parobeisselina, Pavolunuites, Petaloconchus, Porometra, Quadricellariidae, Revssirella, Rhabdotometra, Schizotrema, Scorioporidae, Scrupariina, Stenopsis, Stichtostega, Sylonika, Thalamoporellina, Thecatia, Tricornicella, Uniavicularia, Vinculariidae
Subtaxa: Calloporoidea Cribrilinoidea Haigina Lunulitoidea Microporoidea Monoporelloidea Peedeesellidae Thalamoporelloidea Umbonulomorpha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder