Parent taxon: Reticulosa according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
Sister taxa: Arystidictyon, Asthenospongiidae, Carduispongia, Dictyospongioidea, Dierespongioidea, Hintzespongioidea
Subtaxa: Protospongiidae Triactinellidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Spain (1), United States (3: Nevada)
• Silurian of Canada (5: British Columbia), Greenland (1), Portugal (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Klabava of Czechia (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Idaho, New York)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (4), Canada (14: British Columbia), China (38), Denmark (2), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (18), the United Kingdom (2), United States (23: Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont)
• Solvan of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Amgan of Norway (1)
• Ediacaran of Namibia (1)
Total: 135 collections including 206 occurrences