Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Parent taxon: Stellispongiida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Endostomatidae, Lelapiidae
Subtaxa: Holcospongiinae Stellispongiinae
Type: Stellispongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (2), Czechia (6), France (6), Germany (4), Mexico (1), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Arizona)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), Eritrea (1), France (2), Germany (21), India (1), Iran (5), Italy (2), North Atlantic (3), Poland (19), Portugal (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (19), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (4), Italy (25), Japan (1), Oman (1), Peru (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Türkiye (2), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian of China (36), Croatia (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 217 collections including 418 occurrences