Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Parent taxon: Romancheinidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Balantiostoma, Escharella, Escharoides, Exochella, Hemicyclopora, Hippolyrula, Ochetosella, Perigastrella, Romancheina
Subtaxa: Hippopleurifera australis Hippopleurifera benmoussai Hippopleurifera mcbeanensis Hippopleurifera sedgwicki Hippopleurifera semicristata Hippopleurifera surgens
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Colombia (4), the Czech Republic (11), Hungary (1), Spain (5)
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 42 collections including 62 occurrences
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