Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Craticulariidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Caseariinae, Conicospongia, Cordiospongia, Craticulariinae, Ecblastesia, Esfahanella, Laocoetidinae, Mimeticosia, Paleocraticularia, Periplectum, Pleuroguettardia, Polonospongia, Synaulia, Urnospongia
Subtaxa: Leptophragma Leptophragmella Pleurostoma Pseudoguettardia Ptychocoetis Ptychodesia Strephinia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of France (11), Germany (14), Poland (5), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 52 collections including 74 occurrences