Polycystina - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Parent taxon: Spumellaria according to W. Kiessling 1995
Sister taxa: Acaeniotylidae, Acanthopyle, Actinommidae, Adiyamanium, Allocyrtium, Amphicyclia, Amphistylus, Anakrusidae, Angulobracchiidae, Antygoporidae, Archaeospongoprunidae, Artiscus, Astractura, Astrococcus, Astrocyclia, Astromma, Astrosestrum, Astrosphaeridae, Beatricea, Bernoulliidae, Bolenidae, Callosphaera, Caltrop, Cannartidium, Cannartiscus, Cannartus, Capnuchosphaeridae, Caryosphaera, Caspiaza, Caucasicus, Cavaspongiidae, Cenellipsis, Cenodiscaella, Cenodiscus, Cenolarcopyle, Cessipylorum, Coccodiscidae, Coccolarcus, Conocaryommidae, Conosphaera, Cromyodruppocarpus, Cromyostaurolonche, Cryptolarancium, Cyrtiphaeronemium, Dactyliosphaeridae, Dicoccura, Dictyastrum, Didactylum, Diplactura, Distriactis, Domuzdagiidae, Doryconthidium, Dorydictyum, Dorydiscus, Dorydruppa, Dorylonchidium, Doryphacus, Doryplegma, Dorysphaera, Druppastylus, Druppocarpus, Druppula, Echinomma, Ellipsidium, Ellipsostylus, Emiluviidae, Entapiidae, Euchitoniidae, Flustrella, Fontinella, Foremanella, Formanhelena, Glomeropyle, Hagiastridae, Halidictyum, Haliomma, Haplotaeniatumidae, Heliocladus, Heliodiscidae, Heliosoma, Heterosestrum, Hexacladus, Hexacromyum, Hexadoras, Hexaloncharium, Hexaporobrachiidae, Hexapylomellidae, Hexastylarium, Hymenactura, Kalimnasphaera, Kreyzstella, Lampasa, Larcidium, Larnacalpis, Larnacantha, Larnacillidae, Leugeonidae, Liosphaera, Lithapium, Lithatractus, Melittosphaera, Mendacastridae, Miropylidae, Natraglia, Ommatocampe, Ommatodiscus, Ommatospyris, Orbiculiformidae, Orosphaeridae, Orostaurs, Palaeorubus, Palaeotetraphyle, Pantanelliidae, Parasaturnalidae, Paratriassoastridae, Paratriassoastrum, Patulibracchiidae, Pentactinocapus, Pentactura, Pentalastrum, Pentasphaera, Phacotriactis, Phantum, Phorticum, Phyletripes, Pipetta, Pipettaria, Plegmosphaera, Praeconocaryommidae, Prunocarpus, Pseudoacanthocircidae, Pseudoacanthosphaera, Pseudoaulophacidae, Pseudosaturnalis, Pyloniacea, Pyloniidae, Pyramispongiidae, Rhodosphaera, Rhopalodictyum, Rustia, Saturnaliacea, Sethodiscinus, Sethostaurus, Spironium, Spongasteriscus, Spongiomma, Spongoacanthus, Spongobrachium, Spongocoelia, Spongodiscacea, Spongodiscidae, Spongolonche, Spongopalliidae, Spongophacus, Sponguracea, Sponguridae, Srakaeosphaera, Stauracontium, Staurancistra, Staurococcura, Staurocromyum, Staurocyclia, Staurodictya, Staurodoras, Stauroplegma, Staurostylus, Stomatodiscus, Streblacantha, Stylosphaeridae, Stylostaurus, Styptosphaera, Suttoniidae, Tauridastrum, Tetrapylonium, Tetrarectangulum, Tetriastrum, Thalassicola, Theodiscus, Tholoniidae, Tipperella, Triactis, Trigonocyclia, Tripodictya, Tritrabidae, Trochodiscus, Veghicycliidae, Vinassaspongus, Vitorfidae, Xiphodictya, Xiphostaurus, Xiphostylidae, Zonodiscus
Subtaxa: Acaeniotylinae Heleninae Leugeoninae Parvivaccinae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (3 collections), Austria (10), Azerbaijan (3), Canada (2: Nunavut), Germany (3), Greece (5), Italy (84), North Pacific (1), Oman (21), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (7), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (3), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (3), Germany (1), Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Albania (1), Antarctica (17), Argentina (1), Austria (21), Canada (6: British Columbia), Costa Rica (1), Germany (3), Greece (2), Italy (24), Japan (16), Mexico (20), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (8), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (7), Slovakia (7), Spain (4), Switzerland (3), United States (35: California, Oregon)
Total: 336 collections including 953 occurrences