Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Hill 1956
Sister taxa: Fasciphyllidae, Spongophyllidae, Stringophyllidae
Subtaxa: Actinocystinae Eddastraea Gaynaphyllum Laroonaphyllum Ptenophyllinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (39), Austria (3), Belgium (10), Canada (33: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (8), the Czech Republic (5), France (1), Germany (30), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (4), Laos (1), Mauritania (4), Mongolia (4), Morocco (3), Myanmar (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (50), Spain (26), Tajikistan (17), Thailand (5), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (49: Alaska, Nevada, Pennsylvania), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (8), Western Sahara (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (2)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Belarus (1), the Czech Republic (1), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (1), Ukraine (9), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Alaska, California, Indiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 367 collections including 650 occurrences