Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Parent taxon: Orchocladina according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Desrochers and James 1989 and Rigby and Desrochers 1995
Sister taxa: Anthracosyconidae, Astylospongiidae, Chiastoclonellidae, Streptosolenidae
Subtaxa: Amplaspongia Annulospongia Antarcticocyathus Anthaspidella Archaeocyphia Archaeoscyphia Aulacospongia Aulocopina Australospongia Brianispongia Calycocoelia Canningella Capsospongia Cauliculospongia Climacospongia Cockbainia Colinispongia Diotricheum Dunhillia Egania Exochopora Fibrocoelia Fieldospongia Finksella Fistulosospongia Gleesonia Incrassospongia Incrustatospongia Isispongia Jereina Jianghania Malongullospongia Mastophyma Multispongia Multistella Okulitchina Palaeojerea Palaeophyma Patellispongia Phacellopegma Playfordiella Protachilleum Psarodictyum Pseudomultistella Pseudopalmatohindia Pycnospongia Rankenella Rhodesispongia Rhopalocoelia Rugocoelia Schismospongia Somersetella Steliella Striataspongia Stromatomorpha Strotospongia Syringelasma Syringophyllum Talacastonia Timidella Trachyum Trochospongia Tschernyschevostuckenbergia Vandonia Vankempenia Velellospongia Virgaspongia Virgaspongiella Yarrowigahia Zittelella
Type: Anthaspidella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Indonesia (1 collection), Slovenia (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (7), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Slovenia (8), Tajikistan (2), United States (7: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of China (2), Italy (1), United States (12: Nevada, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Arkansas, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Australia (6), France (1)
• Silurian of Canada (32: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Kazakhstan (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (7: Quebec), United States (3: Vermont)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (10: California, Nevada)
• Arenigian of Argentina (2), Canada (1: Quebec), South Korea (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenig of Argentina (4), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (13), United States (8: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Ordovician of Argentina (7), Australia (7), Canada (6: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec), China (11), Norway (1), South Korea (3), United States (37: California, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Canadian of United States (1: Maryland)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1), China (5), South Korea (1), United States (1: Utah)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Utah)
• Solvan of Argentina (1)
• Delamaran of Canada (5: British Columbia)
• Ordian of Australia (4)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), China (1), Iran (2), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 246 collections including 431 occurrences