Phylum Brachiopoda Cuvier 1805 (lamp shell)
PaleoDB taxon number: 26322
Parent taxon: Lophophorata according to M. P. Nesnidal et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ectoprocta, Hyolitha, Phlogites, Phoronida, Tentaculita, Tentaculitida
Subtaxa: Acanthotretella, Ancylopoda, Arthropomata, Articulata, Clitambonoidea, Craniiformea, Dallinacea, Ecardines, Eccentrotheca, Ernogia, Helictopoda, Inarticulata, Iphidella, Lathamella, Linguliformea, Lyopomata, Mickwitziidae, Oymurania, Plectorhynchonella, Pygocaulia, Rhynchonelliformea, Surindia, Tegulella, Testicardines, Thecidium, Tommotiida
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder