Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Parent taxon: Membraniporidae according to K. Zagorsek and D. P. Gordon 2013
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Guha 2013, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Wienrich 1999 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthodesia, Adenifera, Cellarinidra, Desmacystis, Exostesia, Gregarinidra, Heliodoma, Membranipora, Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Quadricellaria, Synaptacella, Tamanicella, Trochopora, Reussirella, Cupuladria, Vibracellina, Biselenaria, Discoporella
Subtaxa: Biflustra delta Biflustra orbicularis Biflustra regularis Biflustra savartii Biflustra teres
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Panama (6), Portugal (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (3), India (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (5)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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