Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parent taxon: Colospongiidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Stanley 1998
Sister taxa: Corymbospongiinae, Guangxispongia, Kashanellinae
Subtaxa: Colospongia Colospongiella Hajarispongia Pseudoimperatoria Subascosymplegma Tristratocoelia Uvothalamia
Type: Colospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (19 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Germany (4), Greece (3), Hungary (8), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (17), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Oman (2), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (8), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (9), Thailand (1), Türkiye (4), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (6: Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1), China (43), Croatia (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (14), Slovenia (4), Thailand (1), Tunisia (32), Ukraine (3), United States (21: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of Austria (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon)
Total: 235 collections including 296 occurrences