Parent taxon: Rugosa according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2013
See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008, Hill 1981 and Sando 1985
Sister taxa: Acanthophillia, Accurganaxon, Agastophyllum, Alinkioduncanella, Allotropiocarinophyllum, Anactolasma, Antracophyllum, Aphroelasma, Arcocyathus, Arcoplasma, Asarcophyllum, Asterodisphyllum, Astraeophyllum, Asturiphyllum, Aulostrotion, Axinura, Axocricophyllum, Barbouria, Bathybalva, Belgradeophyllum, Beogradophyllum, Botrophyllum, Brochiphyllum, Calceolidae, Calinastrea, Campsactis, Cardiaphyllum, Cavilasma, Cerioelasma, Ceriphyllum, Ceristella, Changjianggouphyllum, Charactophyllidae, Choanoplasma, Chonophyllidae, Complanophyllum, Conilophyllum, Cothoniida, Crassophrentis, Crateniophyllum, Crepidophyllia, Cuctienophyllum, Curtastrum, Cyanaphyllum, Cyathactidae, Cystihexagonaria, Cystiphyllida, Cystiphyllina, Cystiphylloidae, Cystocantrilla, Cystodactylon, Cystolyrielasma, Cystostylus, Cyttaroplasma, Dibunophylloides, Dimelasma, Dinostrophinx, Diversiphyllum, Drewerelasma, Duncania, Duplocarinia, Elasmophyllum, Ellesmerelasma, Ellipsocyathus, Enallophrentis, Entelophyllia, Ericina, Evenkiellidae, Exostega, Fomichivella, Frechastrea, Fromeophyllum, Fruehwirthia, Gazimuria, Gorskyella, Gubbera, Gudmania, Gurieuskiella, Hapsizaphrentis, Hebukophyllum, Hezhouphyllum, Hinganastraea, Honggulosma, Huadianophyllidae, Huananaxonia, Indiophyllum, Insoliphyllum, Ipsiphyllum, Jipaolasma, Joachimastraea, Keimanelasma, Kenelasma, Koninckocarina, Kowalaephyllum, Kullmannophyllum, Lesliella, Leurelasma, Litvolasma, Macgea, Mecloudius, Miroelasma, Mixogonaria, Molophyllum, Murphyphyllum, Neepaliphyllum, Neoaspongophyllum, Neocantrilla, Neoclissiophyllum, Neogrootia, Neokeyserlingophyllum, Neostringophylloides, Neotemnophyllum, Ninghuaphyllum, Nordastrea, Novichuskia, Orthophyllum, Paleocyclidae, Paracannia, Paradoxaphyllia, Paramixogonaria, Parasiphonophyllia, Parasterophrentis, Parasunophyllum, Parathysanophyllum, Parazolophyllia, Parvaxon, Pentaphyllia, Peronophyllum, Phacelloplasma, Phineus, Pleurophyllum, Polaroplasma, Poliphyllum, Polyadelphia, Polydilasma, Polygonaria, Polyrophe, Polythecalloides, Praetachylasma, Protoaulacophyllum, Protocaninia, Protocarcinophyllum, Protocyathophyllum, Protowentzellia, Protozaphrentidae, Pseudallotropiophyllum, Pseudoamplexus, Pseudoamygdalophyllum, Pseudomicrocroplasma, Pseudorhabdophyllum, Ptychocalamocyathus, Ptychocalamocyathus gracilis, Puanophyllum, Qinlingophyllum, Rachaniephyllum, Radiastrea, Reimanelasma, Rhytidolasma, Rozkowskaella, Schizophaulactis, Schlueteriphylum, Schreteria, Scissoplasma, Segdianophyllum, Shansiphyllum, Sigelophyllum, Soetenia, Sokoloviella, Sphaerophyllum, Spissophyllum, Spongastraea, Stauromatidiidae, Stegophyllum, Stereodepasophyllum, Stereodespasophyllum, Stereophrentis, Stilbophyllum, Stringophylloides, Stummelasma, Subutaratuia, Sutherlandia, Taiziheophyllum, Taruphyllum, Tetrafossularia, Texturiphyllum, Thololasma, Thoulelasma, Thryptophyllum, Thuliocyclus, Thuriantha, Thyryptophyllum, Timanophyllum, Tjanshanophyllum, Trachylasma, Trigonella, Triphyllia, Trypacystiphyllum, Tryplasmidae, Tumanophyllum, Tumsucophyllum, Turbinatocanina, Ulanophyllum, Vepresisociophyllum, Veraephyllum, Vischeria, Vojnovskija, Volgerophyllum, Weiningophyllum, Wenxianophyllum, Wexolina, Weyerelasma, Xiangzhouphyllum, Yanbianophyllum, Yishanophyllum, Yurievstiella, Zaphrentacea, Zelocystiphyllum, Zenophilia, Zhushanophyllum, Zmeinogorskia
Subtaxa: Arachnophyllina Aulophyllina Calostylina Caniniina Columnariina Columnaxonidae Cyathophyllina Diffingiina Heritschioides hammani Ketophyllina Kleopatrinidae Lithostrotionina Lomaphyllum Lonsdaleiina Lophophyllidiidae Lophotichiidae Lycophyllina Mccloudius parvus Metriophyllina Mictocystoides Nanophyllum Paraceriaster Petalaxidae Petraphyllidae Plerophyllina Ptenophyllina Romanophyllidae Stauriina Stereolasmatina Streptelasmatina Tachylasmatina Yatsengiidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder