Synonyms: Anasca Levinsen 1909, Ascophorina Levinsen 1909
Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1920, Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1962, Cheetham 1972, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Gordon 2012, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Guha and Gipikrishna 2007, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Koromyslova and Seltser 2020, Ostrovsky and Taylor 2004, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Scolaro 1970 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003
Sister taxa: Atacama, Biavicularium, Buffonella, Craspedoporina, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Exochellidae, Flustrella, Gemelliporellidae, Haplopomella, 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 Cellularina Coilostega Cribrilinoidea Farciminariidae Haigina Lunulitoidea Malacostega Microporoidea Monoporelloidea Peedeesellidae Pseudostega Thalamoporelloidea Umbonulomorpha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder