†order Porata Seilacher 1962 (calcareous sponge)
Parent taxon: Calcarea according to
See also Rigby and Potter 1986, Rigby et al. 1988 and Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley 1998
Sister taxa: Aporata, Aspiculata, Aulocyclus, Aulospongia, Bellidispongia, Calcaronea, Calcinea, Clifdenella, Cystothalamiidae, Faniathalamia, Fistulisponga, Follicalena, Gravestockia, Nibionia, Paruvanella, Pseudodictyocoelia, Rahbahthalmia, Wanella, Zigzagella, Faretronida, Gaspespongia
Subtaxa: Ascosymplegmatidae Cystauletidae Polytholosiidae Sphaeroverticillitidae Stromatocoeliidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at White Mountain area, McGrath A-5 quadrangle (Ordovician of Alaska)