Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to A. E. H. Pedder and R. Feist 1998
Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphylloides, Cystiphyllum, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum
Subtaxa: Lythophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (2), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (4), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (2), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 34 collections including 40 occurrences