Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae
Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962 and Pouyet 2000
Sister taxa: Actisecidae, Eminooeciidae, Gigantoporidae, Illusiopora, Lacernidae, Lanceoporidae, Margarettidae, Microporellidae, Myriaporidae, Ostrovskia, Petraliellidae, Porinidae, Schizoporellidae, Vicidae
Subtaxa: Cheilopora Cheiloporina Cucullipora Diploecium Enantiosula Hagiosynodos Hippaliosina Pollaploecium Tremoschizodina Veleroa
Type: Cheiloporina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Italy (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Panama (2), Portugal (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), Spain (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of United States (5: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences