Synonym: Lingulacea Menke 1828 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Lingulida according to L.E. Holmer et al. 2017
See also Brock and Cooper 1993, Bruton and Harper 2000, Cocks 2019, Cooper 1976, Emig and Bitner 2005, Emig et al. 2013, Emig and Herrera 2006, Hansen and Holmer 2011, Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Holmer 1993, Holmer and Bengtson 2009, Holmer et al. 1997, Jin et al. 1993, Kiessling 2003, Landing et al. 2008, Mitchell 1977, Peng and Shi 2008, Popov 2000, Puura and Holmer 1993, Skovsted et al. 2017, Sutton et al. 2000, Temple 1987, Ulrich and Cooper 1936, Wang et al. 2014, Williams et al. 2000, Zhan and Jin 2005 and Zhan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acrotheloidea, Craniidina, Dawsonia, Discinoidea, Shouxianella, Trimerellacea
Subtaxa: Aulonotretidae Bistramia Dysoristidae Elkaniidae Eoobolidae Kyrshabaktellidae Laima Lingulasmatidae Lingulellotretidae Lingulidae Lingulipora Obolidae Oxlosia Paterulidae Pseudolingulidae Timalina Tomasina Zhanatellidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder