Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Parent taxon: Bitectiporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Cheetham 1962, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bitectipora, Hippoporina
Subtaxa: Schizomavella (Metroperiella) Schizomavella (Schizomavella) Schizomavella aculifera Schizomavella auriculata Schizomavella cinctipora Schizomavella decorata Schizomavella dubia Schizomavella linearis Schizomavella porosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (4), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (8), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (11: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
Total: 51 collections including 62 occurrences
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