Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae
Parent taxon: Electridae according to C. A. Taboada et al. 2024
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Bohm 1926, Brezina et al. 2021, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Gordon 2012, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arbocuspis, Arbopercula, Aspidelectra, Bathypora, Bullaconopeum, Charixa, Danocella, Einhornia, Electra, Eokotosokum, Gontarella, Haplostoechios, Harpecia, Herpetopora, Lapidosella, Mychoplectra, Osburnea, Pyripora, Pyriporopsis, Rhammatopora, Spinicharixa, Villicharixa
Subtaxa: Conopeum arborescens Conopeum commensale Conopeum concavum Conopeum damicornis Conopeum foliorum Conopeum gohelaensis Conopeum hoockeri Conopeum lacroixii Conopeum lamellosum Conopeum okaiana Conopeum ornatum Conopeum reticulum Conopeum similior Conopeum stamenocelloides Conopeum tuberosum Conopeum wilcoxianum Conopeum wilsoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: California, Maryland)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of India (2), Spain (2), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (10: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (10: New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 45 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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