Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Parent taxon: Lithostrotionidae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Acrocyathinae, Aulininae, Aulostylus, Cionodendrom, Diphyphyllinae, Heterostrotion, Siphonodendron, Stelechophyllum, Thysanophyllinae, Yatsengia
Subtaxa: Akiyosiphyllum Cionodendron Lithostrotion Orionastraea Schoenophyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections), United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (6), Australia (10), Belgium (1), Canada (11: Alberta, New Brunswick), China (17), France (2), Ireland (6), Japan (3), Morocco (26), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (44), United States (31: Alaska, California, Georgia, Idaho, Montana)
Total: 167 collections including 252 occurrences