Parent taxon: Stenolaemata according to W. Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Assatkinella, Bajolla, Basslederella, Brestopora, Cryptostomata, Cyclophaenopora, Cyclostomata, Cyclostomatida, Cystoporata, Fenrstrata, Niigaella, Orbiporidae, Palaeostomata, Pycnobasis, Schischatella, Trepostomata, Tubuliporata
Subtaxa: Hyphasmoporidina Maychellidae Nikiforovellidae Rhabdomesidae Rhomboporidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (1), New Zealand (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (5), Armenia (4), Australia (11), Austria (2), Bolivia (15), Canada (6: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (3), China (44), Cuba (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (15), Italy (1), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (11), Nepal (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (12), Pakistan (1), Peru (10), the Russian Federation (80), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (26), Tajikistan (7), Thailand (10), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (105: Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (4: California)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Belgium (2), Bolivia (2), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Mongolia (6), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (23), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), the United Kingdom (10), United States (292: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Canada (23: Alberta), China (3), the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (37), Iran (6), Morocco (8), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (18), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: Michigan, Montana, New York, Ohio, Virginia), Western Sahara (1)
• Niagaran of United States (1: New York)
• Silurian of Belarus (3), Norway (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (16: Maryland, New York)
• Uhaku of Sweden (1)
• Chazyan of United States (4: Virginia)
• Ordovician of Estonia (3), France (1), Sweden (2), United States (8: Nevada, Tennessee)
Total: 937 collections including 1225 occurrences