Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1920. Middle Cambrian Spongiae. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology IV. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collegions 67(6):261-364
Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to F. Wei et al. 2021
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Rigby 1980
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Angulosuspongia Vauxia
Type: Vauxia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (17: British Columbia collections), China (3), Greenland (1), United States (3: Utah)
Total: 24 collections including 34 occurrences