Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Parent taxon: Syringoporoidea according to S. Niko and M. Badpa 2020
See also Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Chonostegitidae, Gorskyitidae, Periphaceloporidae, Roemeriidae, Syringoporidae, Tetraporellidae, Thecostegitidae
Subtaxa: Cylindrostylus Multithecopora Neomultithecopora Neosyringopora Pseudomultithecopora Syringoporella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (18), Iran (1), Japan (1), Norway (7), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (1), United States (29: California, Nevada)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Norway (1)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Australia (3), Canada (1: Yukon), China (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (16: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Kansas, Nevada, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Japan (2), Poland (2), United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of China (2), Japan (1)
Total: 118 collections including 130 occurrences