Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Synonyms: Loboidothyropsis, Mirisquamea , Pirotothyris , Squamiplana
Parent taxon: Lobothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cuersithyris, Exceptothyris, Inaequalis, Notosia, Rhapidothyris, Telothyris
Subtaxa: Lobothyris andleri, Lobothyris arcta, Lobothyris clevelandensis, Lobothyris complanata, Lobothyris deflecta, Lobothyris dubia, Lobothyris edwardsi, Lobothyris havesfieldensis, Lobothyris hispanica, Lobothyris monstrifer, Lobothyris moquensis, Lobothyris nux, Lobothyris ovatissimaeformis, Lobothyris pervulgata, Lobothyris praepunctata, Lobothyris punctata, Lobothyris sospirolensis, Lobothyris subgregaria, Lobothyris subpunctata, Lobothyris triassicus, Lobothyris tuchkovi, Lobothyris zhonghuaensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder