†family Chiastoclonellidae Rauff 1895 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
Parent taxon: Orchocladina according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Bell 2006
Sister taxa: Anthaspidellidae, Anthracosyconidae, Astylospongiidae, Streptosolenidae
Subtaxa: Actinocoelia Allassospongia Chiastoclonella Chiastocolumnia Craterospongiella Defordia Insulipora Pseudovirgulopsis Rutkowskiella Syltispongia
Type: Chiastoclonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (2), United States (32: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: Michigan)
• Ordovician of China (1)
Total: 42 collections including 53 occurrences