Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Parent taxon: Microporoidea according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthodesiomorpha, Alysidiidae, Calescharidae, Cardabiellidae, Chlidoniidae, Coscinopleuridae, Macroporidae, Microporidae, Ogivalia, Onychocellidae, Poricellariidae, Setosellidae, Vibracella, Volviflustrellaria
Subtaxa: Aspidostoma Crateropora Entomaria Lagarozoum Larvapora Melychocella Semiescharinella Taphrostoma
Type: Aspidostoma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (7)
• Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (6)
Total: 30 collections including 61 occurrences