Eiffeliidae

Eiffeliidae is an extinct family of sponges.

Eiffeliidae
Artist reconstruction of Petaloptyon danei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Informal group:	†Heteractinida
Family:	†Eiffeliidae Rigby, 1986
Genera
†Astraeoconus †Chilcaia †Eiffelia †Eiffelospongia †Gondekia †Petaloptyon †Toquimiella †Zangerlispongia

Genera

The following genera are placed in the family:^[1]

• †Astraeoconus Rietschel, 1968
• †Chilcaia Carrera, 1994
• †Eiffelia Walcott, 1920 (synonyms: Lenastella Missarzhevsky in Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981; Actinoites Duan, 1984; Niphadus Duan, 1984)
• †Eiffelospongia Rigby & Collins, 2004^[2]
• †Gondekia Rigby, 1991
• †Petaloptyon Raymond, 1931 (synonyms: Canistrumella Rigby, 1986)
• †Toquimiella Rigby, 1967
• †Zangerlispongia Rigby & Nitecki, 1975