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Family Phylactellidae Canu and Bassler 1917 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phylactellidae

Parent taxon: Ascophora according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1962 and Pouyet 2000

Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Catenicelloidea, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippoporinidae, Hippothooidea, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Spiroporinidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Tubucellariidae

Subtaxa: Hemiphylactella Hippophylactella Nimba Nimbella Psilopsella Teuchopora Tremachia

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Type: Phylactella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Spain (2)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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