Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Buffonellodidae
Synonym: Buffonellidae Jullien 1888
Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bock 2006 and Gordon and Taylor 1999
Sister taxa: Acoraniidae, Actisecidae, Bryobaculidae, Calwelliidae, Cheiloporinidae, Cryptosulidae, Cyclicoporidae, Duvergieriidae, Echinovadomidae, Eminooeciidae, Escharinidae, Gigantoporidae, Hippaliosinidae, Hippopodinidae, Illusiopora, Lacernidae, Margarettidae, Mawatariidae, Microporellidae, Myriaporidae, Ostrovskia, Pacificincolidae, Petraliellidae, Petraliidae, Phoceanidae, Phorioppniidae, Porinidae, Robertsonidridae, Schizoporellidae, Schizoporellopsis, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Teuchoporidae, Tshokrakopora, Vicidae
Subtaxa: Aimulosia Buffonellodes Chataimulosia Hippadenella Ipsibuffonella Julianca Kymella Maiabuffonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence