Discoporella d'Orbigny 1852 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cupuladriidae

Synonym: Cupularia de Blainville 1830

Parent taxon: Cupuladriidae according to R. J. Scolaro 1970

See also Bassler 1953, Gordon 2012, Guha 2013, Maury 1924, Pérez et al. 2026, Sepkoski 2002, Ulrich and Bassler 1904 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Biselenaria, Cupuladria, Reussirella, Vibracellina

Subtaxa: Cupularia denticulata Discoporella misrai Discoporella umbellata

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Type: Lunulites umbellata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Panama (1), United States (8: California, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (15)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Germany (13), India (4), the Netherlands (2), Panama (8), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 63 collections including 87 occurrences

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