Parent taxon: Cystoporata according to J. Utgaard 1981
See also Ariunchimeg 1996, Bolton and Cuffey 2005, Gilmour and Snyder 2000 and Zhang et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Balticoporellina, Belorussipora, Ceramoporina, Cliocystiramus, Eofistulipora, Fistulicanta, Fistuliporina, Isphairamella, Mongolodictya, Odonotrypa, Podljassopra, Realeksella, Rhinoporella, Vasalemmapora, Xenotrypidae
Subtaxa: Constellariidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: California collection)
• Devonian of Spain (1), United States (5: New York, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (5), Mongolia (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (10: Quebec), United States (4: Vermont, Virginia)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Canada (4: British Columbia, Ontario), China (2), Estonia (8), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (3), United States (99: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 153 collections including 177 occurrences