Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Parent taxon: Microporidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andreella, Caleschara, Cianotremella, Cupularia, Dimorphostylus, Gargantua, Homalostega, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Puncturiella, Rimosocella, Rosseliana, Selenaria, Selenariopsis, Steraechmella, Vibracella
Subtaxa: Calpensia nobilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (1), Hungary (1), Malta (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Spain (3)
• Oligocene of Oman (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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