Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Parent taxon: Cupuladriidae according to R. J. Scolaro 1970
See also Bassler 1953, Guha 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthodesia, Adenifera, Biflustra, Cellarinidra, Desmacystis, Exostesia, Gregarinidra, Heliodoma, Membranipora, Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Quadricellaria, Synaptacella, Tamanicella, Trochopora, Reussirella, Cupuladria, Vibracellina, Biselenaria
Subtaxa: Discoporella misrai Discoporella umbellata
Type: Lunulites umbellata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Panama (1), United States (6: California, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Panama (15)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Germany (13), India (4), Panama (8), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 54 collections including 76 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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