Opinions from W. H. He and Z. Q. Chen 2016
- 'Calyptoria belongs to Spiriferininae'
- 'Jiangdaspirifer [misspelled as Jiangdaspiriferina] belongs to Jiangdaspiriferinae'
- 'Jiangdaspiriferinae belongs to Spiriferinidae'
- 'Liaous belongs to Mentzeliinae'
- 'Liaous shaiwensis belongs to Liaous'
- 'Liospiriferina belongs to Qinghaispiriferininae'
- 'Madoia belongs to Madoinae'
- 'Madoinae belongs to Mentzeliidae'
- 'Mentzeliidae belongs to Spiriferinoidea'
- 'Mentzeliinae belongs to Mentzeliidae'
- 'Mentzelioides belongs to Jiangdaspiriferinae'
- 'Mentzeliopsis belongs to Sinucostinae'
- 'Paralaballa belongs to Paralaballinae'
- 'Paralaballinae belongs to Mentzeliidae'
- 'Paramentzelia belongs to Mentzeliinae'
- 'Pennospiriferina (Spondylospiriferina) was reranked as Spondylospiriferina and belongs to Tethyspirinae'
- 'Qinghaispiriferina belongs to Qinghaispiriferininae'
- 'Qinghaispiriferininae belongs to Spiriferinidae'
- 'Qispiriferina belongs to Sinucostinae'
- 'Sinucosta belongs to Sinucostinae'
- 'Sinucostidae belongs to Spiriferinoidea'
- 'Sinucostinae belongs to Sinucostidae'
- 'Spiriferina belongs to Spiriferininae'
- 'Spiriferina (Mentzelia) was reranked as Mentzelia and belongs to Mentzeliinae'
- 'Spiriferinacea is corrected as Spiriferinoidea and belongs to Spiriferinidina'
- 'Spiriferinidae belongs to Spiriferinoidea'
- 'Spiriferininae belongs to Spiriferinidae'
- 'Tethyspira belongs to Tethyspirinae'
- 'Tethyspirinae belongs to Mentzeliidae'
- 'Triadispira belongs to Triadispirinae'
- 'Triadispirinae belongs to Spiriferinidae'
- 'Viligella belongs to Jiangdaspiriferinae'