Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Parent taxon: Lychniscosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia
Subtaxa: Becksinae Callicylicinae Callodictyoninae Microblastidinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (8)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (3), France (29), Germany (14), Greece (1), Poland (4), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (12)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (5), Poland (1)
• Permian of China (1)
• Devonian of France (1), Ireland (2)
Total: 87 collections including 182 occurrences