Parent taxon: Polychaeta according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aciculata, Aeolosomatidae, Amphinomorpha, Arachnostega, Bundenbachochaeta, Caprascolex, Drilomorpha, Ebetallites, Eopolychaetus, Eotrophonia, Eunicemorpha, Eunicida, Flabelligerimorpha, Geophilus proavus, Haileyia, Hammatopsis, Hesionites, Hirudopsis, Khemisina, Klakesia, Leodicidae, Lockportia, Microtubus, Miskoa, Nawnites, Oliveirania, Onuphionella, Palaeotubus, Palpata, Parergodrilidae, Phragmochaetidae, Phyllodocemorpha, Pontobdellopsis, Potamodrilidae, Propolynoe, Psammodrilidae, Pyllodocida, Ramesses, Ruedemannella, Sarcionata, Schizoproboscina, Scolecida, Sedentaria, Sedentarida, Serpulimorpha, Siboglinidae, Soris, Spiomorpha, Spiroglyphus, Stoma, Tosalorbis, Tubicola, Tubulelloides, Tymbochoos
Subtaxa: Amphictene Cryptosiphon Lepidenteron Paraterebella Pectinaria Proterebella Psammosiphon Scolecoderma Streblosoma Terebella Terebellites Terebellolites Titahia
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Romania (3), Spain (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1)
• Jurassic of France (5), Germany (6), Italy (2), Morocco (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Turkey (1)
• Triassic of Italy (5), Japan (4), United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Spain (4), Turkey (1)
Total: 46 collections including 48 occurrences