Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Parent taxon: Disphyllidae according to R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell 2008
See also Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Argutastrea, Billingsastraea, Cantabriastraea, Charactophyllum, Diffusolasma, Hexagonariinae, Pantophyllum, Paradisphyllinae, Spinophyllum, Spongonariinae, Spasskyella, Planetophyllum, Circumtextiphyllum, Columnaria
Subtaxa: Amaraphyllum Aphraxonia Aristophyllum Ceratophyllum Chalcidophyllum Disphyllum Dushanophrentis Eoglossophyllum Hemiaulacophyllum Hillastraea Kunthia Noviphyllum Pseudocampophyllum
Type: Disphyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of China (1 collection), Poland (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (3), Australia (47), Belgium (3), Canada (34: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (12), Czechia (8), France (13), Germany (33), Iran (5), Italy (1), Poland (9), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (9), Tajikistan (3), the United Kingdom (9), United States (35: Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New York), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (3), United States (1: California)
Total: 241 collections including 310 occurrences