†family Rossellidae Gray 1872 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Rossellidae
Parent taxon: Lyssacinosa according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Brückner 2006 and Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Brachiospongia, Caulophacus, Colpospongia, Divaricospongia, Euplectellidae, Fistellaspongia, Leucopsacidae, Malumispongium, Oncosella, Opeamorphus, Pyritonema, Pyruspongia, Stauractinella, Toomeyospongia, Wongaspongia, Foerstella, Testispongia, Palaeorossella, Rosella
Subtaxa: Asconema Matteolaspongia Rossella Rossellinae Schaudinnia
Type: Rossellinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1)
• Ordovician of China (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections including 12 occurrences