Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Parent taxon: Auriculospongiidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Acoeliinae, Daharellinae, Gigantospongiinae, Spinospongiinae
Subtaxa: Alaskaspongiella Anguispongia Auriculospongia Cavusonella Molengraaffia Monolaminospongia Polyplacospongia
Type: Auriculospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (7 collections), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (10), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (5), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Permian of China (12), Tunisia (36), United States (13: New Mexico)
• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 95 collections including 122 occurrences