†subfamily Chauvelicystinae Daley 1992
Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae
Parent taxon: Cothurnocystidae according to B. Lefebvre and D. Vizcaino 1999
See also Lee et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acuticarpus, Archaeocothurnus, Cardiocystella, Cothurnocystinae, Nevadaecystis, Phyllocystinae, Ponticulocarpus, Scotiaecystinae, Trigonocarpus
Subtaxa: Ampelocarpus Chauvelicystis Flabellicarpus Lyricocarpus Milonicystis Prochauvelicystis Proscotiaecystis Sokkaejaecystis
Type: Chauvelicystis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of France (1 collection), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Arenig of Morocco (1)
• Cambrian of South Korea (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences