Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae
Synonym: Ellisinidra
Parent taxon: Ellisinidae according to E. Håkansson et al. 2024
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ellisina gautieri Ellisina gregsoni Ellisina incrustans Ellisina profunda Ellisina pyriformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Australia (2), India (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (3: Florida, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), United States (1: Arkansas)
Total: 25 collections including 30 occurrences
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