Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Parent taxon: Caniniina according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Cyathopsidae, Endamplexidae, Uraliniidae
Subtaxa: Bothroclisia Bothrophyllum Calmiussiphyllum Caninella Caninophyllum Gshelia Hornsundia Pseudotimania Siedleckia Timania
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (3: Nunavut, Yukon collections), China (12), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Russian Federation (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), United States (3: California), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (9), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (29), United States (18: California, Utah)
• Devonian of United States (7: Montana, and Wyoming, New Mexico)
Total: 130 collections including 157 occurrences