†family Corallistidae Sollas 1888 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Parent taxon: Dicranocladina according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Pseudoverruculinidae
Subtaxa: Corallistinae Gignouxiinae Pachinioninae
Type: Corallistes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Germany (11), Poland (5), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (5)
Total: 29 collections including 50 occurrences