Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa - Pelicaspongiidae
Parent taxon: Amphidiscosa according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
Sister taxa: Hyalonemia, Pattersoniidae
Subtaxa: Arakespongia Ascospongiella Asturiaspongia Cavospongiella Estrellaspongia Galeospongia Hadrophragmos Hexirregularia Keriogastrospongia Larispongia Liscombispongia Lysactinella Naybandospongia Pelicaspongia Pseudohydnoceras Spiractinella Stiodermiella Trailospongia Twenhofelella Vaurealispongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), Iran (1)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Spain (2), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Australia (6), Canada (1: Alberta), Spain (1), United States (4: New York, Tennessee)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (3: Indiana)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1)
Total: 26 collections including 38 occurrences