Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Synonyms: Coronoruga Strusz 1961, Cystilasma Zaprudskaya and Ivanovskiy 1962
Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to C. W. Merriam 1972
See also Hill 1956, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphylloides, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum
Subtaxa: Cystiphyllum (Cruciphyllum) Cystiphyllum (Cysticonophyllum) Cystiphyllum (Gyalophyllum) Cystiphyllum (Gyaloplasma) Cystiphyllum (Hedstroemophyllum) Cystiphyllum adrianense Cystiphyllum vesiculosum Cystiphyllum visbyense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (1 collection)
• Devonian of Australia (6), Canada (1: Ontario), China (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (4: Iowa, New York), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (8), Canada (16: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (16), the Czech Republic (2), Japan (2), Mongolia (4), the Russian Federation (24), Sweden (10), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (27: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 131 collections including 158 occurrences
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