Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Parent taxon: Eutaxicladina according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Arborohindia Belubulaspongia Cotylahindia Eoscheiella Fenestrospongia Hindia Mamelohindia Microspongia Palmatohindia Sadleria Scheiella Scheielloides Scheiia
Type: Hindia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (15: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (5: Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Australia (3), United States (5: Kentucky, New York, Tennessee)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Canada (12: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), United States (8: California, Indiana)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (5), Canada (1: Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (33: Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah)
Total: 94 collections including 107 occurrences