Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 26384
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Fordinia, Gorjanskya, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolopsis, Obolus, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Oepikites acutes, Oepikites elongatus, Oepikites fragilis, Oepikites kitatiensis, Oepikites macilentus, Oepikites obtusus, Oepikites triquetrus
Type: Oepikites macilentus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder