Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to W. J. Sando 1983
See also Hill 1956 and Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Acrocyathidae, Columnariidae, Disphyllidae, Durhaminidae, Lonsdaleiidae, Phillipsastreidae
Subtaxa: Acrocyathinae Aulininae Aulostylus Cionodendrom Diphyphyllinae Heterostrotion Lithostrotioninae Siphonodendron Stelechophyllum Thysanophyllinae Yatsengia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Cambodia (3), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (43), Guatemala (1), Iran (5), Japan (4), Malaysia (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (11), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (26: California, Idaho, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (8), Australia (10), Belgium (4), Canada (16: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (30), France (3), Ireland (11), Japan (7), Mexico (1), Morocco (36), the Russian Federation (6), South Korea (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Turkey (4), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (62), United States (80: Alaska, California, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah)
• Devonian of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Alaska, California, Montana, and Wyoming)
• Niagaran of United States (1: Ohio)
• Silurian of United States (17: Alaska, California, Iowa)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 419 collections including 761 occurrences