Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Parent taxon: Ventriculitidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Bolitesiinae, Lychniscaulinae, Stauronematinae
Subtaxa: Astropegma Coscinopora Etalloniella Flabellispongia Leiostracosia Lepidospongia Licmosinion Napaeana Orthodiscus Phymosinion Pleuropyge Rhizopoterion Rhizopoterionopsis Spirospongia Sporadoscinia Ubiquiradius Ventriculites
Type: Ventriculites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (6)
• Paleocene of Austria (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (38), Germany (22), Greece (1), Poland (23), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14)
• Jurassic of Spain (1)
Total: 114 collections including 292 occurrences