†family Hydnodictyidae Rigby 1971 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Hydnodictyidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1971. Sponges of the Ordovician Cat Head Member, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 202:35-79
Parent taxon: Dierespongioidea according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby 1971
Sister taxa: Aglithodictyidae, Amphispongiidae, Dierespongiidae, Multivasculatidae, Titusvillidae, Valospongia
Subtaxa: Hydnodictya
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg (Ordovician of Manitoba)