Floridina Jullien 1881 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Parent taxon: Onychocellidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962, Guha 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aechmella, Cheethamia, Chondriovelum, Collura, Distefanella, Ehrhardina, Euritina, Hoplitaechmella, Hoplocheilina, Inversaria, Ogiva, Ogivalia, Onychocella, Reptolunulites, Rhagasostoma, Rhebasia, Semieschara, Smittipora, Thyracella

Subtaxa: Floridina asymmetrica Floridina elegans Floridina pentagonus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Miocene of India (2)

• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Sweden (1)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

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