†family Newellidae Wood et al. 1989 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Haplosclerida - Newellidae
Parent taxon: Haplosclerida according to R. R. West et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Calcifibrospongiidae, Corralio, Desmacidonidae, Esperites, Eurydiscites, Euzkadiellidae, Haliclonidae, Petrosiidae, Petrosistroma, Thalamnohaliclona
Subtaxa: Spongonewellia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Newellidae in the database