Anthozoa - Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to D. Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Acrocyathidae, Columnariidae, Disphyllidae, Durhaminidae, Lithostrotionidae, Lonsdaleiidae, Phillipsastreidae
Subtaxa: Acervularia Diplophyllum Oliveria Rhapidophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Germany (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Alaska)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: California)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), China (1), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (17), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: California, Iowa, New York, Oklahoma)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 48 collections including 57 occurrences