Superfamily Linguloidea Menke 1828 (lamp shell)
Synonym: Lingulacea Menke 1828 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Lingulida according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Acrotheloidea, Discinoidea, Shouxianella
Subtaxa: Aulonotretidae, Bistramia, Dysoristidae, Elkaniidae, Eoobolidae, Kyrshabaktellidae, Laima, Lingulasmatidae, Lingulellotretidae, Lingulidae, Lingulipora, Lunoglossa, Obolidae, Oxlosia, Paterulidae, Pseudolingulidae, Timalina, Tomasina, Zhanatellidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder