Demospongea - Epipolasida - Heliospongiidae

Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160

Parent taxon: Heliospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Coelocladia, Heliospongia, Neoheliospongia, Spitsbergenia

Subtaxa: Coelocladiella giganta, Coelocladiella intermedia, Coelocladiella lissa, Coelocladiella pachytheca, Coelocladiella philoconcha

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Type: Coelocladiella lissa

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder