Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Parent taxon: Verticillitida according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Annaecoeliidae, Cheilosporitiidae, Colospongiidae, Cribrothalamiidae, Gigantothalamiidae, Salzburgiidae, Tebagathalamiidae
Subtaxa: Fanthalamiinae Polysiphospongiinae Polytholosiinae Sinocoelia Verticillitinae
Type: Verticillitinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections)
• Jurassic of Italy (4), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Triassic of Austria (12), Canada (4: British Columbia, Yukon), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (2), Iran (11), Italy (6), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Oman (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (3), Turkey (5), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (7: Alaska, Nevada)
• Permian of Cambodia (1), China (6), Croatia (1), Italy (1)
Total: 91 collections including 155 occurrences