Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160
Parent taxon: Lyssacinosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Garcia-Bellido and Rigby 2004
Sister taxa: Brachiospongia, Caulophacus, Colpospongia, Divaricospongia, Euplectellidae, Fistellaspongia, Leucopsacidae, Malumispongium, Oncosella, Opeamorphus, Pyritonema, Pyruspongia, Rossellidae, Stauractinella, Toomeyospongia, Wongaspongia, Foerstella, Testispongia, Palaeorossella, Rosella
Subtaxa: Brachiospongiidae Malumispongiidae Pseudolanciculidae Pyruspongiidae Stiodermatidae Toomeyospongiidae
Type: Brachiospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)
• Permian of United States (21: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Arkansas, Nevada, Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (1), United States (3: Montana)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (1: Nevada)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: California)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (1: Manitoba), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (55), United States (10: California, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Iran (1), Jordan (1)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 112 collections including 128 occurrences