Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Parent taxon: Arachnopusiidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon et al. 1994, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Anexechona, Hippexechonella, Korojonella, Moyanopora, Poricella, Quasitrilaminopora, Tremogasterina, Trichinopolia
Subtaxa: Arachnopusia acanthoceros Arachnopusia bugei Arachnopusia dimorpha Arachnopusia gracilis Arachnopusia kankawatiensis Arachnopusia linearis Arachnopusia liversidgei Arachnopusia terminata Arachnopusia unicornis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (7)
• Miocene of Australia (3), India (1), New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 33 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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