Parent taxon: Tetractinomorpha according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Alpinothalamiidae, Atractosella, Belemnospongia, Criccospongiidae, Incrustospongia, Petrosites, Spirophorida, Streptosclerophorida, Syltrochos
Subtaxa: Agelasidae Astrosclerida Axinellidae Ceratoporellidae Cladocoropsidae Cylicoopsis Heftastylis Neuroporidae Pamirostroma Pantokratoria Syringostrominidae Zlambachella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovakia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), France (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), China (4), Croatia (2), France (1), Greece (2), Indonesia (6), Iran (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Peru (1), Portugal (12), Thailand (2), Ukraine (1)
• Triassic of Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (2), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Permian of China (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 51 collections including 64 occurrences