Cornulitida is an extinct order of encrusting animals from class Tentaculita, which were common around the globe in the Ordovician to Devonian oceans, and survived until the Carboniferous. Organisms that may be the oldest cornulitids have been found in Cambrian sediments of Jordan.
Cornulitids had shells, and were subject to predation by boring and other means from the Ordovician onwards. Many survived attacks by predators.[ Several cornulitids were endobiotic symbionts in the Stromatoporoidea and .]
Their affinity is unknown; they have been placed in many phyla, and have been considered worms, corals, molluscs and more.[ They appear to be closely related to other taxa of uncertain affinity, including the Microconchida, Trypanoporida and .][
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Cornulitids and bryozoan Bellevue.jpg|alt=Cornulitids and bryozoan Bellevue|Cornulitids on a bryozoan; Bellevue Member, Grant Lake Formation, northern Kentucky
Conchicolites.jpg| Conchicolites sp. overview of the rings with spines, Lilla Karlsö, Sweden
Septalites septatus.jpg| Septalites septatus from the Silurian of Gotland
Cornulites cellulosus.jpg| Cornulites cellulosus from Wenlock of Saaremaa, Estonia