Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Synonym: Auriculospongiidae Termier and Termier 1977 [objective synonym]
Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Acoeliinae Auriculospongiinae Daharellinae Gigantospongiinae Spinospongiinae
Type: Auriculospongiinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (7), Iran (10), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (5), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Permian of China (12), Iran (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (43), United States (19: New Mexico, Texas)
• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 110 collections including 154 occurrences