†Zhijinites Qian 1978
Synonym: Kaiyangites Qian and Yin 1984
Full reference: Y. Qian. 1978. The early Cambrian hyolithids in central and southwest China and their stratigraphical significance. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 11:1-43
Parent taxon: Zhijinitidae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
Sister taxa: Ambarchaeooides, Cambrothyra, Deiradovclavus, Deltaclavus, Isoclavus, Paracarinachites, Pseudoclavus, Tanbaoites, Cambroclavus, Sinoclavus
Subtaxa: Kaiyangites jiangshanensis, Kaiyangites novilis, Zhijinites claviformis, Zhijinites longistriatus, Zhijinites lubricus, Zhijinites panduriformis
Type: Zhijinites longistriatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore