PaleoDB taxon number: 87616
Parent taxon: Tabulata according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Acaciaporella, Auloporida, Calapoeciinae, Columnopora, Cornwallatia, Expressophyllum, Fainella, Favositida, Flindersipora, Halysitida, Heliolitida, Hemiplasmopora, Jiangshanolites, Kimilites, Kitakamilia, Lichenariida, Ligulodictyum, Liopora, Mesoculipora, Mirandellidae, Moorowipora, Navoites, Nitkovicepora, Pachypseudoplasmopora, Plasmadictyon, Procatenipora, Pseudoflecteria, Pseudotetradium, Rhacopora, Shanxipora, Spirapora, Subcladopora, Sytovaelites, Tectamichelina, Tetradiida, Tetraporella, Turnacipora, Victorilites, Visbylites, Volnovakhipora, Yaoxianopora
Subtaxa: Billingsariidae, Syringophyllidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic