Dictyonellida

For the family of sponges, see Dictyonellidae.

Dictyonellida Cooper, 1956 is a brachiopod order within the class Chileata, characterised by a perforation in the ventral valve that is extended through resorption and covered by a colleplax. The dictyonellides are known from the Upper Ordovician to the Lower Permian.^[1]

Dictyonellida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Chileata
Order:	†Dictyonellida