Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Myriaporidae
Synonyms: Myriozoidae Smitt 1867, Myriozoumidae d'Orbigny 1849
Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006 and Pouyet 2000
Sister taxa: Acoraniidae, Actisecidae, Bryobaculidae, Buffonellodidae, Calwelliidae, Cheiloporinidae, Cryptosulidae, Cyclicoporidae, Duvergieriidae, Echinovadomidae, Eminooeciidae, Escharinidae, Gigantoporidae, Hippaliosinidae, Hippopodinidae, Illusiopora, Lacernidae, Margarettidae, Mawatariidae, Microporellidae, Ostrovskia, Pacificincolidae, Petraliellidae, Petraliidae, Phoceanidae, Phorioppniidae, Porinidae, Robertsonidridae, Schizoporellidae, Schizoporellopsis, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Teuchoporidae, Tshokrakopora, Vicidae
Subtaxa: Leieschara Myriapora Myriozoella
Type: Myriapora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Czechia (9), Germany (1), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (2)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence