Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Parent taxon: Microporidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Stach 1936
Sister taxa: Andreella, Caleschara, Calpensia, Cupularia, Dimorphostylus, Floridinella, Gargantua, Homalostega, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Puncturiella, Rimosocella, Rosseliana, Selenariopsis, Steraechmella, Vibracella
Subtaxa: Selenaria bimorphocella Selenaria cupola Selenaria grandicella Selenaria macgillivrayi Selenaria maculata Selenaria magnipunctata Selenaria marginata Selenaria nitida Selenaria punctata Selenaria trifoliata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (6 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)
• Oligocene of Oman (1)
• Cenozoic of Australia (3)
Total: 33 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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