Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae
Alternative spelling: Lunularidae
Parent taxon: Cheilostomata according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953
Sister taxa: Adeonellidae, Aegyptopora, Anasca, Ascophorina, Atacama, Batoporidae, Biavicularium, Bicornifera, Bifissurinella, Boreasina, Brydonella, Bubnoffiella, Buffonella, Buffonellodidae, Calescharidae, Calvina, Catenicellidae, Chasmazoon, Cheilohorneropsis, Chiplonkarinidae, Chlidoniidae, Chlidoniopsidae, Christinella, Cillia, Cleidochasma, Craspedoporina, Cryptosulidae, Cyclicoporidae, Didymosellidae, Diplobeisselina, Diplorula, Discovibracella, Ditaxiporina, Dysnoetocella, Eohippotha, Eoscrupocellaria, Escharellidae, Escharinidae, Exochellidae, Fissuricella, Flustrella, Flustrina, Gemelliporellidae, Geminella, Grammothoa, Haplopomella, Helix, Helixotionella, 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, Otionellidae, 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: Lunularia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Netherlands (2 collections)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 15 collections including 21 occurrences