Celleporina Gray 1848 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae

Synonym: Schismopora

Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthionella, Aulopocella, Buffonellaria, Buskea, Cellepora, Costazia, Dentiporella, Harmerella, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Palmiscenea, Predanophora, Tegminula, Turbicellepora

Subtaxa: Celleporina canariensis Celleporina costazii Celleporina granum Celleporina lichenoporoides Celleporina longirostris Celleporina tiara

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Greenland (2), Italy (3), New Zealand (14), United States (2: Oregon)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (6)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (4), United States (4: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)

Total: 49 collections including 54 occurrences

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