Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Synonyms: Escharellidae Levinsen 1909, Mucronellidae Levinson 1902, Perigastrellidae Vigneaux 1949, Peristomellidae Kluge 1962, Phylactelliporidae Bassler 1953
Parent taxon: Lepralielloidea according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Gordon 2012, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Bryocryptellidae, Cheilhorneropsidae, Dhondtiscidae, Eoporella, Hincksiporidae, Jaculinidae, Lepraliellidae, Metrarabdotosidae, Sclerodomidae, Sfeniellidae, Tessaradomidae, Umbonulidae
Subtaxa: Allerescha Antarcticaetos Arctonula Balantiostoma Bathosella Biporochella Bostrychopora Bulbipora Cheilonella Elleschara Escharella Escharoides Exochella Exochellinae Hellerasca Hemicyclopora Hemicycloporinae Hemiphylactella Hippolyrula Hippopleurifera Hoplocheilina Lageneschara Metrarabdotomorpha Mucronellinae Neolagenipora Obliquostoma Ochetosella Opaeomorpha Pachykraspedon Peristomellae Pleurolyrula Pleurolyrulinae Pleuromucrum Pseudosclerodomus Psilopsella Ragionula Romancheina Temachia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder