Berenicea Lamouroux 1821 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae

Parent taxon: Diastoporidae according to K. Zágoršek and A. Kroh 2003

See also Bassler 1953, Fischer 1969, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Schmidt 2003 and Taylor and Sequeiros 1982

Sister taxa: Atelesopora, Bidiastopora, Cellulipora, Clinopora, Desmeplagioecia, Diastopora, Diastoporina, Discosparsa, Elaphopora, Fascipora, Flabellotrypa, Osburnostylus, Retelea, Reticulipora, Rhipidopora, Rosacilla, Sagenella, Semifascipora, Siphoniotyphlus, Spiropora, Tubigerina

Subtaxa: Berenicea diluviana Berenicea somalica

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Austria (1), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (2), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Tennessee)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Ethiopia (2), France (5), Germany (7), India (5), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Silurian of Sweden (1)

• Ordovician of United States (13: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 68 collections including 69 occurrences

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