Cellepora Linnaeus 1767 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae

Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953

See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904

Sister taxa: Acanthionella, Aulopocella, Buffonellaria, Buskea, Celleporina, Costazia, Dentiporella, Harmerella, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Palmiscenea, Predanophora, Tegminula, Turbicellepora

Subtaxa: Cellepora agglutinans Cellepora cribrosa Cellepora glomerata Cellepora granulata Cellepora massalis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (14), Fiji (1), France (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of Sweden (1)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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