Family Pachastrellidae Carter 1875 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Parent taxon: Pachastrellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Pisera and Bitner 2007
Sister taxa: Costamorphiidae, Theneidae
Subtaxa: Acanthophora Brachiaster Calthropellinae Halininae Helobrachium Pachastrellinae Paropsites Propachastrella Youngella
Type: Pachastrella
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Germany (5), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences