Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Synonym: Schismopora
Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthionella, Aulopocella, Buffonellaria, Buskea, Cellepora, Costazia, Dentiporella, Harmerella, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Palmiscenea, Predanophora, Tegminula, Turbicellepora
Subtaxa: Celleporina canariensis Celleporina costazii Celleporina granum Celleporina lichenoporoides Celleporina longirostris Celleporina tiara
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Greenland (2), Italy (3), New Zealand (14), United States (3: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (6)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4), United States (4: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences
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