Anthozoa - Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Parent taxon: Ptenophyllina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Pedder and Murphy 1997
Sister taxa: Fasciphyllidae, Ptenophyllidae, Stringophyllidae
Subtaxa: Battersbyia Carlinastraea Denayphyllum Heterospongophyllum Neovepresiphyllum Spongophyllum Tawuphyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (7 collections), Austria (2), Canada (9: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (4), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (15), Tajikistan (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Alaska, Nevada), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Yukon), China (2), United States (2: California)
Total: 67 collections including 77 occurrences