†subfamily Chaetetinae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 (chaetetid sponge)
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Parent taxon: Chaetetidae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Chaetetiporinae, Cyclochaetetes, Mirispongia, Moskoviinae, Parabauneia, Pseudoseptifer
Subtaxa: Carnegiea Chaetetella Litophyllum Pachytheca Spongiothecopora Staphylopora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
• Givetian of China (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (11), Australia (1), Belgium (3), Germany (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (4)
Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences