Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Synonym: Hippoporinidae
Parent taxon: Smittinoidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Gordon et al. 1994, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Lanceoporidae, Smittinidae, Tubescharina, Watersiporidae
Subtaxa: Bitectipora Cribella Hippomonavella Hippoporina Hippothyris Kermadecazoon Metroperiella Neodakaria Nigrapercula Parkermavella Pentapora Schizomavella Schizosmittina
Type: Bitectipora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Italy (3), New Zealand (1), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (4), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (8)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (1), Czechia (8), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1), United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 89 collections including 132 occurrences