Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
Parent taxon: Fenestellina according to A. Ernst and J. Bohatý 2009
Sister taxa: Acanthocladiidae, Admiratellidae, Carnocladiidae, Fenestellidae, Fenestraliidae, Reteporinidae, Septatoporidae, Septoporidae
Subtaxa: Schischcatella Semicoscinium Tectulipora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), China (4), Colombia (1), Czechia (2), France (1), Germany (5), Mongolia (7), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (4), United States (4: Michigan, Ohio), Vietnam (1), Western Sahara (1)
• Niagaran of United States (1: Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), China (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (28: New York)
Total: 74 collections including 86 occurrences