Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidiidae

Alternative combination: Lophophyllidium wewokanum

Synonym: Lophophyllidium coniforme Jeffords 1947

Belongs to Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) according to J. Fedorowski 1987

Sister taxa: Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) absitum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) compressum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) confertum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) distortum, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) dunbari, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) plummeri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) skinneri, Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) westii

Type specimens:

• Lophophyllidium (Lophophyllidium) wewokanum: Its type locality is Allen, Pontotoc, which is in a Desmoinesian marine horizon in the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma
• Lophophyllidium coniforme: Its type locality is Wann, Washington, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Vilas Shale Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder