Parent taxon: Tabulata according to J. W. Murray 1985
Sister taxa: Acaciaporella, Auloporida, Fainella, Favosichaetetes, Favositida, Guizhouchaetetes, Halysitida, Heliolitida, Hemiplasmopora, Kimilites, Kitakamilia, Lichenariida, Liopora, Lipopora, Mirandellidae, Neoroemeriidae, Nitkovicepora, Pachypseudoplasmopora, Plasmadictyon, Pseudoflecteria, Pseudotetradium, Rhacopora, Sarcinulida, Shanxipora, Spirapora, Subcladopora, Sytovaelites, Victorilites, Yaoxianopora
Subtaxa: Paleoalveolitidae Tetradiidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Manitoba, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec collections), China (10), Estonia (3), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (7), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences