†family Volzeiidae Beauvais 1980 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Parent taxon: Pachythecalina according to L. Beauvais 1986
See also Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Amphiastreidae, Atelophyllia, Axosmiliidae, Gablonzeriidae, Pachycoeniidae, Volzeioidea, Zardinophyllidae
Subtaxa: Alakiria Meandrovolzeia Volzeia
Type: Volzeia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Morocco (1)
• Triassic of Austria (4), Chile (1), China (6), East Timor (1), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (11), Japan (1), Oman (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (6), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (13), Tajikistan (3), Turkey (2), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 61 collections including 66 occurrences