†family Wapkiidae De Laubenfels 1955 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Wapkiidae
Parent taxon: Protomonaxonida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Collins 2004
Sister taxa: Choiidae, Halichondritidae, Hamptoniidae, Hazeliidae, Heliospongiidae, Leptomitidae, Lobatospongia, Mahalospongiidae, Piraniidae, Sinospongiidae, Sollasellidae, Takakkawiidae, Tethyidae, Ulospongiellidae
Subtaxa: Wapkia
Type: Wapkia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Delamaran of Canada (8: British Columbia)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences