Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Merriam 1974
Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Acrocyathidae, Columnariidae, Durhaminidae, Lithostrotionidae, Lonsdaleiidae, Phillipsastreidae
Subtaxa: Billingsastraea Cantabriastraea Diffusolasma Disphyllinae Hexagonariinae Pantophyllum Paradisphyllinae Pseudohexagonaria Spongonariinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Australia (1 collection), China (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (20), Australia (62), Belgium (6), Canada (57: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (25), the Czech Republic (9), France (16), Germany (38), Iran (9), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (4), Poland (25), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (27), Tajikistan (5), the United Kingdom (11), United States (60: Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio), Vietnam (5)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (3), United States (3: California)
Total: 404 collections including 706 occurrences