Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae
Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Adeonellidae, Aegyptopora, Anasca, Ascophorina, Atacama, Batoporidae, Biavicularium, Bicornifera, Bifissurinella, Boreasina, Brydonella, Buffonella, Buffonellodidae, Calescharidae, Calvina, Chasmazoon, Cheilohorneropsis, Chlidoniidae, Chlidoniopsidae, Christinella, Cillia, Craspedoporina, Cryptosulidae, Cyclicoporidae, Didymosellidae, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Discovibracella, Ditaxiporina, Dysnoetocella, Eohippotha, Eoscrupocellaria, Escharellidae, Escharinidae, Exochellidae, Fissuricella, Flustrella, Flustrina, Gemelliporellidae, Geminella, Grammothoa, Haplopomella, Helix, Hemeschara, Hincksiporidae, Hippopodinidae, Hippoporidridae, Hippothoidae, Hoeverella, Hopora, Hormerella, Kronothoa, Kylonisa, Lacrimula, Latereschara, Laterotecatia, Lepraliidae, Malacostegina, Mamilloporidae, Marquetta, Membraniporina, Metrarabdotosidae, Monticellaria, Mosathoa, Neliella, Neocheilostomina, Nudonychocella, Obliquostoma, Ochetosellina, Onychocellaria, Orbituliporidae, Paravinella, Parobeisselina, Pasytheidae, Pavolunuites, Petaloconchus, Pnictoporopsis, Poricellariidae, Porismittina, Porometra, Pseudobeisselma, Pseudolunulites, Quadricellariidae, Quadriscutella, Radulopora, Revssirella, Rhabdotometra, Savignyellidae, Schizemiellopsis, Schizotrema, Sclerodomidae, Scorioporidae, Setosellidae, Skylonia, Solenonychocella, Sphaerulobryozoon, Staurosteginopora, Stenopsis, Stichtostega, Sylonika, Taeniocellana, Taenioporella, Tessaradomidae, Teuchoporidae, Thalamoporellidae, Thecatia, Tornipora, Tremocoscinopleura, Tricornicella, Tshokrakopora, Tubescharina, Umbonulidae, Uniavicularia, Vinculariidae, Virgocella, Voorthuyseniella, Wawalia, Xaveropora
Subtaxa: Calpidium Catenicella Catenicellopsis Claviporella Cornuticella Costaticella Cribicellina Digenopora Ditaxipora Orthoscuticella Pterocella Scuticella Strongylopora Strophipora Vittaticella
Type: Catenicella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6)
• Miocene of Australia (11), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), Hungary (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 25 collections including 37 occurrences