Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (revised) (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):1-872
Parent taxon: Stellispongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Stellispongiinae
Subtaxa: Actinospongia Astrospongia Calicia Enaulofungia Eudea Holcospongia Mammillopora Oculospongia Tremospongia Tretocalia
Type: Holcospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (1), Mexico (1), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Arizona)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (17), India (1), Iran (3), Italy (2), Poland (14), Portugal (3), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (10), Slovenia (1)
• Permian of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 77 collections including 150 occurrences