Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Astroporina Dehornella Milleporella Murania Parastromatopora Promillepora Shuqraia Steinerina
Type: Milleporella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (8), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (2)
• Jurassic of Austria (3), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (2), Ethiopia (4), Germany (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Oman (1), Portugal (22), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (9), Somalia (10), Yemen (3)
• Triassic of Italy (2), Japan (1)
Total: 91 collections including 124 occurrences