Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Synonyms: Columnaridae Nicholson 1879, Columnariidae Nicholson 1879
Parent taxon: Columnariina according to D. Hill 1981
See also Brownlaw and Jell 2008 and Merriam 1974
Sister taxa: Acervulariidae, Acrocyathidae, Durhaminidae, Lithostrotionidae, Lonsdaleiidae, Phillipsastreidae
Subtaxa: Argutastrea Billingsastraea Cantabriastraea Charactophyllum Circumtextiphyllum Columnaria Diffusolasma Disphyllinae Hexagonariinae Pantophyllum Paradisphyllinae Planetophyllum Spasskyella Spinophyllum Spongonariinae
Type: Disphyllum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Givetian of Australia (1), China (1), Poland (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (20), Australia (66), Belgium (6), Canada (58: Alberta, British Colombia-Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia-Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (22), the Czech Republic (11), France (16), Germany (46), Iran (10), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mauritania (3), Morocco (1), New Zealand (4), Poland (18), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (27), Tajikistan (6), the United Kingdom (12), United States (61: Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio), Vietnam (6)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (3), United States (4: California)
• Ordovician of Canada (17: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), the Russian Federation (1), United States (39: California, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 486 collections including 837 occurrences