Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Parent taxon: Cupuladriidae according to R. J. Scolaro 1970
See also Bassler 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthodesia, Adenifera, Biflustra, Cellarinidra, Desmacystis, Exostesia, Gregarinidra, Heliodoma, Membranipora, Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Quadricellaria, Synaptacella, Tamanicella, Trochopora, Discoporella, Reussirella, Vibracellina, Biselenaria
Subtaxa: Cupuladria biporosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (4 collections), Panama (1), United States (2: Virginia)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (15)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Brazil (3), Germany (4), Panama (7), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Florida)
• Eocene of Spain (7)
Total: 52 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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