Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Eleidae
Parent taxon: Tubuliporina according to K. Zágoršek and A. Kroh 2003
See also Bassler 1953 and Taylor and Zagorsek 2011
Sister taxa: Cinctiporidae, Diaperoeciidae, Diastoporidae, Discocytis, Entalophoridae, Filisparsidae, Frondiporidae, Hastingsiidae, Mecynoeciidae, Multisparsidae, Oncousoeciidae, Plagioeciidae, Semiceidae, Serietubigera, Stomatoporidae, Telopora, Terviidae, Tubuliporidae
Subtaxa: Biforicula Cyclocites Elea Foricula Meliceritella Meliceritites Pennipora Reptoceritites Reptoforicula Reptomultelea Semielea Semimultelea
Type: Elea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (12), France (35), Germany (5), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 61 collections including 117 occurrences