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

Total: 62 collections including 86 occurrences

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