Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1997
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, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Brevisiphonella Epitheles Himatella Polysiphonella Sestrostomella Trachytila Vesicotubispongia Winwoodia
Type: Sestrostomella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (9), Italy (1), Poland (4), Portugal (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (2), Hungary (1), Iran (14), Italy (14), the Russian Federation (4), Turkey (2)
• Permian of China (3)
Total: 57 collections including 69 occurrences