Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Parent taxon: Lithostrotionidae according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Acrocyathinae, Aulininae, Aulostylus, Cionodendrom, Heterostrotion, Lithostrotioninae, Siphonodendron, Stelechophyllum, Thysanophyllinae, Yatsengia
Subtaxa: Diphyphyllum Kwangsiphyllum Nemistium Opiphyllum Tizraia Tschussovskenia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (3), Guatemala (1), the Russian Federation (11), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (25: California, Idaho, Nevada)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (4), France (1), Ireland (4), Morocco (13), the Russian Federation (5), South Korea (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (20), United States (5: Alaska, California, Idaho, Utah)
• Devonian of 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: 124 collections including 154 occurrences