Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Synonym: Ellisinidra
Parent taxon: Calloporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoporella, Acanthoporidra, Alderina, Allantopora, Ammatophora, Amphiblestrum, Aplousina, Bidenkapia, Callopora, Copidozoum, Crassicellepora, Crassimarginatella, Cymulopora, Dionella, Distelopora, Doryporella, Flustrellaria, Foratella, Foveolaria, Gilbertopora, Hapsidopora, Hemiseptella, Larnacicus, Marginaria, Marssonopora, Membraniporidra, Onychoblestrum, Parellisina, Periporosella, Pithodella, Planicellaria, Pyriporella, Pyriporoides, Pyrulella, Ramphonotus, Reptoporina, Retevirgula, Solenophragma, Stamenocella, Tegella, Treptopora, Tumaiella, Tylopora, Tyloporella, Undistelopora, Valdemunitella, Wilbertopora
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 United States (1: Arkansas)
Total: 23 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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