†family Lophiostromatidae Nestor 1966 (stromatoporoid sponge)
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Parent taxon: Labechiida according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999
See also Jeon et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Aulaceratidae, Labechiidae, Platiferostromatidae, Rosenellidae, Stromatoceriidae, Stylostromatidae
Subtaxa: Dermatostroma Lophiostroma Tarphystroma
Type: Lophiostroma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Tajikistan (1 collection)
• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (3: Quebec), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), Sweden (4), Ukraine (5)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), China (2), Mongolia (1), United States (20: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence