Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80
Parent taxon: Paucispiniferini according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anemonaria, Caricula, Caucasoproductus, Elliottella, Hystriculina, Jiguliconcha, Jinomarginifera, Lamnimargus, Lampangella, Oncosarina, Paucispinifera, Retimarginifera, Transennatia
Subtaxa: Liosotella angustata, Liosotella compacta, Liosotella cooperi, Liosotella costata, Liosotella decimana, Liosotella grandicosta, Liosotella heilongjiangensis, Liosotella hemispherica, Liosotella irregularis, Liosotella magnirugosa, Liosotella miaolingensis, Liosotella minuscula, Liosotella mongugaensis, Liosotella opima, Liosotella parva, Liosotella popei, Liosotella rotunda, Liosotella rugosa, Liosotella spinumbona, Liosotella subcylindrica, Liosotella subrugosa, Liosotella tetragonalis, Liosotella texana, Liosotella wordensis
Type: Liosotella rugosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder