Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Parent taxon: Alveolitina according to E. Klaamann 1964
See also Murray 1985
Sister taxa: Alveolitidae, Hyostragulum
Subtaxa: Coenitinae Lecompteia Placocoenites Planocoenites Platyaxum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Utah collection)
• Givetian of Morocco (2)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (14), Australia (21), Austria (3), Canada (22: Manitoba, Yukon), China (5), Czechia (5), Germany (35), Japan (4), Mongolia (11), Morocco (6), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (15), Spain (8), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York), Vietnam (11), Western Sahara (1)
• Niagaran of United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian of Australia (5), Canada (12: British Columbia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (5), Czechia (1), Estonia (5), India (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (7), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, Ohio), Venezuela (1)
Total: 252 collections including 311 occurrences