Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Parent taxon: Onychocellidae according to P. D. Taylor and S. O. Martha 2017
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cheethamia, Chondriovelum, Collura, Distefanella, Ehrhardina, Euritina, Floridina, Floridinella, Hoplitaechmella, Hoplocheilina, Inversaria, Nudicella, Ogiva, Ogivalia, Onychocella, Paraechmellina, Reptolunulites, Rhagasostoma, Rhebasia, Semieschara, Smittipora, Thyracella
Subtaxa: Aechmella ambigua Aechmella depressa Aechmella poluzzii Aechmella rangiauriensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Miocene of Spain (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Arkansas, California)
Total: 16 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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