Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Parent taxon: Calloporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1958, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthoporella, Acanthoporidra, Alderina, Allantopora, Ammatophora, Amphiblestrum, Aplousina, Bidenkapia, Copidozoum, Crassicellepora, Crassimarginatella, Cymulopora, Dionella, Distelopora, Doryporella, Ellisina, Flustrellaria, Foratella, Foveolaria, Gilbertopora, Hapsidopora, Hemiseptella, Larnacicus, Marginaria, Marssonopora, Membraniporidra, Onychoblestrum, Parellisina, Periporosella, Pithodella, Planicellaria, Pyriporella, Pyriporoides, Pyrulella, Ramphonotus, Reptoporina, Retevirgula, Solenophragma, Stamenocella, Tegella, Treptopora, Tumaiella, Tylopora, Tyloporella, Undistelopora, Valdemunitella, Wilbertopora
Subtaxa: Callopora fenestrata Callopora monilifera Callopora piriformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Jamaica (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (6), Spain (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences
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