Exechonella Canu and Bassler 1924 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae

Synonyms: Hippexechonella Vigneaux 1949, Hippoexechonella Vigneaux 1949

Parent taxon: Exechonellidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1956, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Gordon 2012, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anexechona, Oviexechonella, Stephanopora, Stephanoporinae, Xynexecha

Subtaxa: Exechonella chathamensis Exechonella paucipunctata

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Type: Exechonella paucipunctata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (2)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Morocco (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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