Protozoa - Spumellaria - Litheliidae
Parent taxon: Sponguracea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Cyphantellidae, Gomberellidae, Oertlispongidae, Phaseliformidae
Subtaxa: Cromyodruppa Lithelius
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), Japan (2), North Pacific (120), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (8)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (24), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Japan (1), North Pacific (11), Southern Ocean (3)
• Oligocene of South Pacific (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (1)
• Eocene of South Pacific (19)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (39), South Pacific (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), New Zealand (7), the Russian Federation (6)
• Permian of China (9)
Total: 264 collections including 319 occurrences