Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310
Parent taxon: Cyclothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Almerarhynchia, Bicepsirhynchia, Costirhynchopsis, Cyclothyris, Fissirhynchia, Globirhynchia, Granulirhynchia, Halorellina, Hesperorhynchia, Lacunaerhynchia, Lamellaerhynchia, Lepidorhynchia, Owenirhynchia, Pararhactorhynchia, Plicarostrum, Proteorhynchia, Rudirhynchia, Septaliphoria, Septocyclothyris, Squamirhynchia, Sulcirhynchia, Timorhynchia, Torquirhynchia, Yidunella, Yulongella
Subtaxa: Aucklandirhynchia aucklandica, Aucklandirhynchia laevis, Aucklandirhynchia opuatiaensis, Aucklandirhynchia sexagesimae
Type: Aucklandirhynchia aucklandica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder