†family Exechonellidae Harmer 1957 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
Parent taxon: Arachnopusioidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bock 2006, Cheetham 1972, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Gordon 2012 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxon: Arachnopusiidae
Subtaxa: Anexechona Exechonella Oviexechonella Stephanopora Stephanoporinae Xynexecha
Type: Exechonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2), Morocco (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence