†family Malumispongiidae Rigby 1967 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Malumispongiidae
Parent taxon: Brachiospongioidea according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Brachiospongiidae, Pseudolanciculidae, Pyruspongiidae, Stiodermatidae, Toomeyospongiidae
Subtaxa: Malumispongium Novocarbonella Oncosella Scaphiomanon Spissiparies Walliospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Montana collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences