diff --git a/src/base.jl b/src/base.jl
index 60238078..9a54583e 100644
--- a/src/base.jl
+++ b/src/base.jl
@@ -28,17 +28,30 @@ GeoInterface.coordnames(::PointTrait, geom::NamedTuple{Keys,NTuple{N,T}}) where
 
 # Default features using NamedTuple and AbstractArray
 
-const NamedTupleFeature = NamedTuple{(:geometry, :properties)}
+# Any named tuple with a `:geometry` field is a feature
+_is_namedtuple_feature(::Type{<:NamedTuple{K}}) where K = :geometry in K
+_is_namedtuple_feature(nt::NamedTuple) = _is_namedtuple_feature(typeof(nt))
+
+GeoInterface.isfeature(T::Type{<:NamedTuple}) = _is_namedtuple_feature(T)
+GeoInterface.trait(nt::NamedTuple) = _is_namedtuple_feature(nt) ? FeatureTrait() : nothing
+GeoInterface.geometry(nt::NamedTuple) = _is_namedtuple_feature(nt) ? nt.geometry : nothing
+GeoInterface.properties(nt::NamedTuple) = _is_namedtuple_feature(nt) ? _nt_properties(nt) : nothing
+
+# Use Val to force constant propagation through `reduce`
+function _nt_properties(nt::NamedTuple{K}) where K
+    keys = reduce(K; init=()) do acc, k
+        k == :geometry ? acc : (acc..., k)
+    end
+    return NamedTuple{keys}(nt)
+end
 
-GeoInterface.isfeature(::Type{<:NamedTupleFeature}) = true
-GeoInterface.trait(::NamedTupleFeature) = FeatureTrait()
-GeoInterface.geometry(f::NamedTupleFeature) = f.geometry
-GeoInterface.properties(f::NamedTupleFeature) = f.properties
+const MaybeArrayFeatureCollection = AbstractArray{<:NamedTuple}
 
-const ArrayFeatureCollection = AbstractArray{<:NamedTupleFeature}
+_is_array_featurecollection(::Type{<:AbstractArray{T}}) where {T<:NamedTuple} = _is_namedtuple_feature(T)
+_is_array_featurecollection(A::AbstractArray{<:NamedTuple}) = _is_array_featurecollection(typeof(A))
 
-GeoInterface.isfeaturecollection(::Type{<:ArrayFeatureCollection}) = true
-GeoInterface.trait(::ArrayFeatureCollection) = FeatureCollectionTrait()
-GeoInterface.nfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::ArrayFeatureCollection) = Base.length(fc)
-GeoInterface.getfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::ArrayFeatureCollection, i::Integer) = fc[i]
-GeoInterface.geometrycolumns(fc::ArrayFeatureCollection) = (:geometry,)
+GeoInterface.isfeaturecollection(T::Type{<:MaybeArrayFeatureCollection}) = _is_array_featurecollection(T)
+GeoInterface.trait(fc::MaybeArrayFeatureCollection) = _is_array_featurecollection(fc) ? FeatureCollectionTrait() : nothing
+GeoInterface.nfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::MaybeArrayFeatureCollection) = _is_array_featurecollection(fc) ? Base.length(fc) : nothing
+GeoInterface.getfeature(::FeatureCollectionTrait, fc::MaybeArrayFeatureCollection, i::Integer) = _is_array_featurecollection(fc) ? fc[i] : nothing
+GeoInterface.geometrycolumns(fc::MaybeArrayFeatureCollection) = _is_array_featurecollection(fc) ? (:geometry,) : nothing
diff --git a/src/interface.jl b/src/interface.jl
index 5800e9de..bfa678c0 100644
--- a/src/interface.jl
+++ b/src/interface.jl
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ Returns the object type, such as [`FeatureTrait`](@ref).
 For all `isgeometry` objects `trait` is the same as `geomtrait(obj)`,
 e.g. [`PointTrait`](@ref).
 """
-# trait(geom::T) where T = isgeometry(T) ? geomtrait(geom) : nothing
 trait(geom) = geomtrait(geom)
 
 # All types
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index a1462afd..1a81cf87 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+"An AbstractTrait type for all geometries, features and feature collections."
+abstract type AbstractTrait end
 "An AbstractGeometryTrait type for all geometries."
-abstract type AbstractGeometryTrait end
+abstract type AbstractGeometryTrait <: AbstractTrait end
 
 "An AbstractGeometryCollectionTrait type for all geometrycollections."
 abstract type AbstractGeometryCollectionTrait <: AbstractGeometryTrait end
@@ -82,11 +84,11 @@ struct MultiPolygonTrait <: AbstractMultiPolygonTrait end
 
 
 "An AbstractFeatureTrait for all features"
-abstract type AbstractFeatureTrait end
+abstract type AbstractFeatureTrait <: AbstractTrait end
 "A FeatureTrait holds `geometries`, `properties` and an `extent`"
 struct FeatureTrait <: AbstractFeatureTrait end
 
 "An AbstractFeatureCollectionTrait for all feature collections"
-abstract type AbstractFeatureCollectionTrait end
+abstract type AbstractFeatureCollectionTrait <: AbstractTrait end
 "A FeatureCollectionTrait holds objects of `FeatureTrait` and an `extent`"
 struct FeatureCollectionTrait <: AbstractFeatureCollectionTrait end
diff --git a/test/test_primitives.jl b/test/test_primitives.jl
index 37c16949..410ee7e6 100644
--- a/test/test_primitives.jl
+++ b/test/test_primitives.jl
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ end
     end
 
     @testset "NamedTupleFeature" begin
-        feature = (; geometry=(1, 2), properties=(a="x", b="y"))
+        feature = (; geometry=(1, 2), a="x", b="y", c="z")
+        GeoInterface.geometry(feature) = (1, 2)
+        @test GeoInterface.properties(feature) == (a="x", b="y", c="z")
         @test GeoInterface.testfeature(feature)
         @test GeoInterface.testfeaturecollection([feature, feature])
     end