Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Parent taxon: Lychniscosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Callodictyonidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia
Subtaxa: Bolitesiinae Lychniscaulinae Stauronematinae Ventriculitinae
Type: Ventriculites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (7)
• Paleocene of Austria (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Czechia (1), France (39), Germany (22), Greece (1), Poland (23), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (7), Poland (5), Spain (7)
Total: 136 collections including 332 occurrences