Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 [paraphyletic?]
             Superphylum Terrabacteria Battistuzzi et al. 2004
               Phylum "Actinobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001
                 Class Actinobacteriaᵀ Stackebrandt et al. 1997
                   Order Actinomycetalesᵀ Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Suborder Micromonosporineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 [monotypic]
                       Family Micromonosporaceaeᵀ Krasil'nikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
                         Genus Pilimelia Kane 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
                           Pilimelia columellifera (ex Schäfer 1973) Vobis et al. 1986
                             Pilimelia columellifera subsp. pallida (ex Schäfer 1973) Vobis et al. 1986