Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parent taxon: Smittinidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Lee et al. 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hemismittoidea, Plagiosmittia, Pleurocodonellina, Prenantia, Schismoporella, Smittina, Smittoidea
Subtaxa: Parasmittina auris Parasmittina gujaratica Parasmittina harudiensis Parasmittina johni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Costa Rica (3), United States (7: Florida, New York, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Panama (5)
• Miocene of India (4), Indonesia (1), Panama (1)
• Eocene of India (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 25 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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