Superfamily Dierespongioidea Rigby and Gutschick 1976 (glass sponge)
Parent taxon: Reticulosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Arystidictyon, Asthenospongiidae, Carduispongia, Dictyospongioidea, Hintzespongioidea, Protospongioidea
Subtaxa: Aglithodictyidae Amphispongiidae Dierespongiidae Hydnodictyidae Multivasculatidae Titusvillidae Valospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Utah)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Manitoba), Morocco (1), United States (2: New York, Oklahoma)
• Cambrian of China (1), Mexico (2), United States (7: Montana, Utah)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences