Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Parent taxon: Microporellidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Pouyet 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Ulrich and Bassler 1904 and Zagorsek et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Calloporina, Diporula, Fenestrulina, Stephanopora
Subtaxa: Microporella (Ellipsopora) Microporella (Flustramorpha) Microporella (Microporella) Microporella appendiculata Microporella berningi Microporella bifoliata Microporella browni Microporella cailleti Microporella ciliata Microporella coronata Microporella ferrea Microporella hyadesi Microporella inamoena Microporella inflata Microporella macropora Microporella ordo Microporella praeciliata Microporella speculum Microporella waghotensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Greece (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), United States (8: California, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (2), the Czech Republic (6), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (4), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 59 collections including 76 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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