Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Parent taxon: Metriophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956, Merriam 1972 and Merriam 1974
Sister taxa: Combophyllidae, Cyathaxoniidae, Famaxonia, Gymnophyllum, Hadrophyllidae, Kielcephyllidae, Lindstroemiidae, Lyliophyllum, Metriophyllidae, Petraiidae, Rhipidophyllum, Ridderia
Subtaxa: Amplexocariniinae Friedbergiinae Guerichiphyllinae Laccophyllinae Neaxoninae Retiophyllum Taralasmatinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Cambodia (2), China (19), Indonesia (3), Iran (4), Pakistan (4), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), United States (5: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (5), China (4), Egypt (1), Ireland (3), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (2), Australia (13), Belgium (2), China (11), the Czech Republic (3), France (2), Germany (6), Kazakhstan (3), Mongolia (1), Morocco (7), New Zealand (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (5), Tajikistan (7), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (13: Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Australia (5), Belarus (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1), Sweden (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: California, Oklahoma, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 201 collections including 258 occurrences