The following is a taxonomy of extant (living) Brachiopoda by Emig, Bitner & Álvarez (2019). There are over 400 living species and over 120 living genera of brachiopods classified within 3 classes and 5 orders, listed below. Extinct groups are not listed.Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.
Major groups Phylum Brachiopoda Duméril, 1806 Subphylum Linguliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996 Class Lingulata Gorjansky et Popov, 1985 Order Lingulida Waagen, 1885 Subphylum Craniiformea Popov, Basset, Holmer et Laurie, 1993 Class Craniata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996 Order Craniida Waagen, 1885 Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996 Class Rhynchonellata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996 Order Rhynchonellida Kuhn, 1949 Order Thecideida Elliot, 1958 Order Terebratulida Waagen, 1883 Suborder Terebratulidina Waagen, 1883 Suborder Terebratellidina Muir-Wood, 1955
Order Lingulida Subphylum Linguliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, Class Lingulata Gorjansky et Popov, 1985Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. Linguliformea. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.
Order Lingulida Waagen, 1885 Superfamily Linguloidea Menke, 1828 Family Lingulidae Menke, 1828 Genus Lingula Bruguière, 1791 Lingula rostrum (Shaw, 1798) Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801 Lingula tumidula Reeve, 1841 Lingula parva Smith, 1871 Lingula adamsi Dall, 1873 Lingula reevei Davidson, 1880 Lingula translucida Dall, 1920 Genus Glottidia Dall, 1870 Glottidia semen (Broderip, 1833) Glottidia audebarti (Broderip, 1833) Glottidia albida (Hinds, 1844) Glottidia pyramidata (Stimpson, 1860) Glottidia palmeri Dall, 1871 Superfamily Discinoidea Gray, 1840 Family Discinidae Gray, 1840 Genus Pelagodiscus Dall, 1908 Pelagodiscus atlanticus (King, 1868) Genus Discina Lamarck, 1819 Discina striata (Schumacher, 1817) Genus Discinisca Dall, 1871 Discinisca laevis (Sowerby, 1822) Discinisca lamellosa (Broderip, 1834) Discinisca tenuis (Sowerby, 1847) Discinisca rikuzenensis (Hatai, 1940) Discinisca lamellosa sensu d'Hondt, 1976 Genus Discradisca Stenzel, 1964 Discradisca cumingii (Broderip, 1833) Discradisca strigata (Broderip, 1834) Discradisca antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1846) Discradisca stella (Gould, 1862) Discradisca sparselineata (Dall, 1920) Discradisca indica (Dall, 1920)
Order Craniida Subphylum Craniiformea Popov, Basset, Holmer et Laurie, 1993, Class Craniata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. Craniiformea. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.
Order Craniida Waagen, 1885 Superfamily Cranioidea Menke, 1828 Family Craniidae Menke, 1828 Genus Novocrania Lee et Brunton, 2001 Novocrania anomala (Müller, 1776) Novocrania turbinata (poli, 1795) Novocrania lecointei (Joubin, 1901) Novocrania huttoni (Thomson, 1916) Novocrania philippinensis (Dall, 1920) Novocrania chathamensis? (Allan, 1940) Novocrania roseoradiata (Jackson, 1952) Novocrania indonesiensis (Zezina, 1981) Novocrania altivertex Zezina, 1990 Genus Valdiviathyris Helmcke, 1940 Valdiviathyris quenstedti Helmcke, 1940 Genus Neoancistrocrania Laurin, 1992 Neoancistrocrania norfolki Laurin, 1992
Order Rhynchonellida Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, Class Rhynchonellata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. Rhynchonelliformea. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.
Order Rhynchonellida Kuhn, 1949 Superfamily Pugnacoidea Rzhonsnitskaia, 1956 Family Basiliolidae Cooper, 1959 Subfamily Acanthobasiliolinae Zezina, 1981 Genus Acanthobasiliola Zezina, 1981 Acanthobasiliola doederleini (Davidson, 1886) Subfamily Basiliolinae Cooper, 1959 Genus Rhytirhynchia Cooper, 1957 Rhytirhynchia sladeni (Dall, 1910) Genus Basiliolella d'Hondt, 1987 Basiliolella grayi (Woodward, 1855) Basiliolella colurnus (Hedley, 1905) Genus Basiliola Dall, 1908 Basiliola beecheri (Dall, 1895) Basiliola lucida (Gould, 1862) Basiliola pompholyx Dall, 1920 Basiliola elongata Cooper, 1959 Basiliola arnaudi Cooper, 1981 Subfamily Uncertain Genus Striarina Cooper 1973 Striarina valdiviae (Helmcke, 1940) Superfamily Dimerelloidea Buckman, 1912 Family Cryptoporidae Muir-Wood, 1955 Genus Cryptopora Jeffreys 1869 Cryptopora gnomon Jeffreys, 1869 Cryptopora boettgeri Helmcke, 1940 Cryptopora rectimarginata Cooper, 1959 Cryptopora maldiviensis Muir-Wood, 1959 Cryptopora curiosa Cooper, 1973 Cryptopora hesperis Cooper, 1982 Cryptopora norfolkensis Bitner, 2009 Genus Aulites Richardson 1987 Aulites brazieri (Crane, 1886) Aulites crosnieri Bitner, 2009 Superfamily Norelloidea Ager, 1959 Family Frieleiidae Cooper, 1959 Subfamily Freileiinae Cooper, 1959 Genus Grammetaria Cooper, 1959 Grammetaria bartschi (Dall, 1920) Grammetaria africana Hiller, 1986 Grammetaria minuta Zezina, 1994 Genus Frieleia Dall 1895 Frieleia halli Dall, 1895 Frieleia pellucida (Yabe et Hatai, 1934) Genus Compsothyris Jackson, 1918 Compsothyris racovitzae (Joubin, 1901) Compsothyris ballenyi Foster, 1974 Subfamily Hispanirhynchiinae Cooper, 1959 Genus Parasphenarina Motchurova-Dekova, Saito et Endo, 2002 Parasphenarina cavernicola Motchuro-Dekova, Saito et Endo, 2002 Parasphenarina ezogremena (Zezina, 1981) Genus Manithyris Foster, 1974 Manithyris rossi Foster, 1974 Genus Hispanirhynchia Thomson, 1927 Hispanirhynchia cornea (Fischer, 1887) Genus Abyssorhynchia Zezina, 1980 Abyssorhynchia craneana (Dall, 1895) Subfamily Neorhynchiinae Mancenido et Owen, 2002 Genus Neorhynchia Thomson, 1915 Neorhynchia strebeli (Dall, 1908) Family Tethyrhynchiidae Logan 1994, in Logan & Zibrowius (1994) Genus Tethyrhynchia Logan 1994, in Logan & Zibrowius (1994) Tethyrhynchia mediterranea Logan 1994, in Logan & Zibrowius (1994) Superfamily Hemithiridoidea Rzhonsnitskaia, 1956 Family Hemithirididae Rzhonsnitskaia, 1956 Genus Pemphixina Cooper, 1981 Pemphixina pyxidata (Davidson, 1880) Genus Hemithiris d'Orbigny, 1847 Hemithiris psittacea (Gmelin, 1790) Hemithiris woodwardi (Adams, 1863) Family Notosariidae Mancenido et Owen, 2002 Genus Notosaria Cooper, 1959 Notosaria nigricans (Sowerby, 1846) Notosaria reinga Lee et Wilson, 1979
Order Thecideida Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, Class Rhynchonellata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996
Order Thecideida Elliot, 1958 Superfamily Thecideoidea Gray, 1840 Family Thecidellinidae Elliot, 1958 Subfamily Thecidellininae Elliot, 1953 Genus Thecidellina Thomson, 1915 Thecidellina barretti (Davidson, 1864) Thecidellina maxilla (Hedley, 1899) Thecidellina blochmanni Dall, 1920 Thecidellina japonica (Hayasaka, 1938) Thecidellina congregata Cooper, 1954 Thecidellina meyeri Hoffmann et Lüter, 2008 Thecidellina bahamiensis Lüter, Hoffmann et Logan, 2008 Thecidellina williamsi Lüter, Hoffmann et Logan, 2008 Thecidellina insolita Hoffmann et Lüter, 2010 Thecidellina europa Logan, Hoffmann et Lüter, 2015 Thecidellina mawaliana Simon, Lüter, Logan et Mottequin, 2018 Thecidellina leipnitzae Simon, Hiller, Logan et Mottequin, 2019 Genus Kakanuiella Lee et Robinson, 2003 Kakanuiella chathamensis Lüter, 2005 Subfamily Minutellinae Logan et Baker, 2013 Genus Minutella Hoffmann et Lüter, 2010 Minutella minuta (Cooper, 1981) Minutella tristani Hoffmann et Lüter, 2010 Minutella bruntoni Hoffmann et Lüter, 2010 Family Thecideidae Gray, 1840 Subfamily Lacazellinae Backhaus, 1959 Genus Lacazella Munier-Chalmas, 1880 Lacazella mediterranea (Risso, 1826) Lacazella australis (Tate, 1880) Lacazella mauritiana Dall, 1920 Lacazella caribbeanensis Cooper, 1977 Genus Pajaudina Logan, 1988 Pajaudina atlantica Logan, 1988 Genus Ospreyella Lüter, 2003 in Lüter, Wörheide & Reitner (2003) Ospreyella depressa Lüter et Wörheide, 2003 Ospreyella maldiviana Logan, 2005 Ospreyella palauensis Logan, 2008 Ospreyella mutiara Simon et Hoffmann, 2013 Ospreyella mayottensis Simon, Hiller, Logan & Mottequin, 2019
Order Terebratulida Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, Class Rhynchonellata Williams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996
Order Terebratulida Waagen, 1883
Suborder Terebratulidina Suborder Terebratulidina Waagen, 1883 Superfamily Terebratuloidea Gray, 1840 Family Terebratulidae Gray, 1840 Genus Ebiscothyris Bitner et Cohen, 2015 Ebiscothyris bellonensis Bitner et Cohen, 2015 Subfamily Terebratulinae Gray, 1840 Genus Acrobrochus Cooper 1983 Acrobrochus vema (Cooper, 1973) Acrobrochus blochmanni (Jackson, 1912) Acrobrochus marotiriensis Bitner, 2007 Genus Liothyrella Thomson 1916 Liothyrella uva (Broderip, 1883) Liothyrella moseleyi (Davidson, 1878) Liothyrella winteri (Blochmann, 1906) Liothyrella neozelanica Thomson, 1918 Liothyrella delsolari Cooper, 1982 Subfamily Gryphinae Sahni, 1929 Genus Gryphus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Gryphus vitreus (Born, 1778) Gryphus clarkeana Dall, 1895 Gryphus tokionis Dall, 1920 Gryphus capensis Jackson, 1952 Subfamily Tichosininae Cooper, 1983 Genus Tichosina Cooper, 1977 Tichosina floridensis Cooper, 1977 Tichosina bartletti (Dall, 1882) Tichosina bartschi (Cooper, 1934) Tichosina abrupta Cooper, 1977 Tichosina bahamiensis Cooper, 1977 Tichosina bullisi Cooper, 1977 Tichosina dubia Cooper, 1977 Tichosina elongata Cooper, 1977 Tichosina erecta Cooper, 1977 Tichosina expansa Cooper, 1977 Tichosina labiata Cooper, 1977 Tichosina martinicensis Cooper, 1977 Tichosina obesa Cooper, 1977 Tichosina pillsburyae Cooper, 1977 Tichosina plicata Cooper, 1977 Tichosina rotundovata Cooper, 1977 Tichosina solida Cooper, 1977 Tichosina subtriangulata Cooper, 1977 Tichosina truncata Cooper, 1977 Genus Arctosia Cooper, 1983 Arctosia arctica (Friele, 1877) Genus Dolichozygus Cooper, 1983 Dolichozygus stearnsii (Dall et Pilsbry, 1891) Genus Dysedrosia Cooper, 1983 Dysedrosia borneoensis (Dall, 1920) Genus Erymnia Cooper, 1977 Erymnia muralifera Cooper, 1977 Erymnia angustata Cooper, 1977 Genus Zygonaria Cooper, 1983 Zygonaria joloensis (Dall, 1920) Zygonaria davidsoni (Adams, 1867) Subfamily Dallithyridinae Katz et Popov, 1974 Genus Dallithyris Muir-Wood, 1959 Dallithyris fulva (Blochmann, 1906) Dallithyris murrayi Muir-Wood, 1959 Dallithyris dubia? Cooper, 1981 Dallithyris pacifica Bitner, 2006 Dallithyris tahitiensis Bitner, 2014 Genus Kanakythyris Laurin, 1997 Kanakythyris pachyrhynchos Laurin, 1997 Genus Stenosarina Cooper 1977 Stenosarina angustata Cooper, 1977 Stenosarina nitens Cooper, 1977 Stenosarina oregonae Cooper, 1977 Stenosarina parva Cooper, 1977 Stenosarina globosa Laurin, 1997 Stenosarina lata Laurin, 1997 Stenosarina davidsoni Logan, 1998 - now Stenosarina sphenoidea (Philippi, 1844) Stenosarina crosnieri (Cooper, 1983) Superfamily Dyscolioidea Fischer et Oelhert, 1891 Family Dyscoliidae Fischer et Oelhert, 1891 Subfamily Dyscoliinae Fischer et Oelhert, 1891 Genus Dyscolia Fischer et Oehlert, 1890 Dyscolia wyvillei (Davidson, 1878) Dyscolia subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1878) Dyscolia johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1894) Dyscolia radiata Cooper, 1981 Genus Goniobrochus Cooper, 1983 Goniobrochus ewingi (Cooper, 1973) Subfamily Aenigmathyridinae Cooper, 1983 Genus Abyssothyris Thomson, 1927 Abyssothyris wyvillei (Davidson, 1878) Genus Acrobelesia Cooper, 1983 Acrobelesia cooperi (d'Hondt, 1976) Genus Xenobrochus Cooper, 1981 Xenobrochus africanus (Cooper, 1973) Xenobrochus translucidus (Dall, 1920) Xenobrochus agulhasensis (Helmcke, 1939) Xenobrochus indianensis (Cooper, 1973) Xenobrochus anomalus Cooper, 1981 Xenobrochus australis Cooper, 1981 Xenobrochus naudei Hiller, 1994 Xenobrochus rotundus Bitner, 2008 Xenobrochus norfolkensis Bitner, 2011 Subfamily Uncertain