Polycystina - Entactinaria - Proventocitidae
Alternative spelling: Proventocitiidae
Parent taxon: Entactinaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Maletz and Bruton 2008
Sister taxa: Braginella, Centrocubidae, Cyclocarpus, Ellisus, Entactiniidae, Eptingiidae, Haplentactiniidae, Helioentactinia, Heptacladidae, Hexalonchidae, Hexastylidae, Hindeosphaeridae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Pylentonemidae, Quinquecapsulariidae, Radium, Rhizosphaeridae, Saturnalidae, Spongosaturnaloididae, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Etymalbaillella Proventocitum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Norway (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence