Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Synonyms: Acanthodesiidae Vigneaux 1949, Biflustridae d'Orbigny 1852
Parent taxon: Membraniporoidea according to K. Zagorsek and D. P. Gordon 2013
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Ulrich and Bassler 1904, Viera et al. 2016, Wienrich 1999 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003
Sister taxa: Christinella, Corynostylidae, Electridae, Sinoflustridae, Wawaliidae
Subtaxa: Acanthodesia Biflustra Jellyella Membranipora Nitscheina Pseudostege Tamanicella
Type: Membranipora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (8: California, Maryland, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (6), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Czechia (6), France (1), French Southern Territories (1), Germany (4), India (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (4), United States (5: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (5)
• Oligocene of Australia (3), Germany (2), New Zealand (1), United States (3: Alabama)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Egypt (1), New Zealand (1), United States (3: Alabama, Florida)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Sweden (1), United States (2: California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (6), Austria (1), Brazil (1), France (2), United States (10: Arizona, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 107 collections including 137 occurrences