Suborder Valvifera Sars 1882 (isopod)
Parent taxon: Isopoda according to G. D. F. Wilson and N. Morel 2022
See also Brooks et al. 1969
Sister taxa: Aegidae, Anthuridea, Asellota, Branchipodites, Elioserolis, Flabellifera, Gnathiidae, Gnathiidea, Oniscidae, Oniscidea, Phreatoicidea, Scutocoxifera, Sphaeromatidea, Triassphaeroma, Urdidae
Subtaxa: Chaetiliidae Idoteidae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences