Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Acoelia Wu 1991, Molengraafia [replaced name], Ramospongia Wu 1991
Parent taxon: Auriculospongiinae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan 2005, Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer 2008, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Wu 1991
Sister taxa: Alaskaspongiella, Anguispongia, Auriculospongia, Cavusonella, Monolaminospongia, Polyplacospongia
Subtaxa: Acoelia discontinua Acoelia norica Acoelia ruida Molengraaffia regularis Ramospongia minor
Type: Molengraaffia regularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (7), Iran (8), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (2), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Permian of China (7)
Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences
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