Family Mellitionidae Zittel 1877 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Dictyonina - Mellitionidae
Parent taxon: Dictyonina according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxa: Coscinoporidae, Meandrospongidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mellitionidae in the database