Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1988. The Family Cardiarinidae (Late Paleozoic rhynchonellid Brachiopoda). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 69:121-135
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellida according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ancistrorhynchoidea, Antistrixia, Apodosia, Barzellinia, Camarotoechioidea, Chapursania, Dimerelloidea, Dorsisinus, Hemithiridoidea, Isjuminelina, Lambdarinoidea, Laosia, Latirhynchia, Norelloidea, Omolonorhynchia, Pompoecilorhynchus, Praecyclothyrididae, Pseudonudirostra, Pugnacoidea, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchoporoidea, Rhynchotetradoidea, Rhynchotrematoidea, Sacothyropsis, Seminula, Stenoscismatoidea, Tatjamoa, Uncinuloidea, Uncinuloides, Wellerelloidea, Yunshanella, Chivatschella orotschensis, Payuella obscura, Plekonina spissatella, Pseudopugnax planissima, Altaethyrella zhejiangensis
Subtaxa: Disphenia myiodes
Type: Disphenia myiodes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder