†suborder Chonetidina Muir-Wood 1955 (lamp shell)
Synonym: Chonetida Nalivkin 1979 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. G. Muir-Wood. 1955. A History of the Classification of the Phylum Brachiopoda 1-124
Parent taxon: Productida according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Balikunochonetes, Chaoina, Chonopectella, Lyttoniidina, Parapulchratia, Pectenoproductus, Ploughsharella, Productidina, Pseudoantiquatonia, Santanghuia, Strophalosiidina, Uraloproductus
Subtaxa: Chonetoidea
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder