Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Parent taxon: Onychocellidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Cheetham 1962, Guha 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aechmella, Cheethamia, Chondriovelum, Collura, Dictuonia, Distefanella, Ehrhardina, Euritina, Floridinella, Holsacella, Hoplitaechmella, Inversaria, Latereschara, Matyashegyella, Nudicella, Nudonychocella, Ogiva, Onychocella, Onychocellaria, Otiochmella, Paraechmellina, Pseudolunulites, Radulopora, Rectonychocella, Reptolunulites, Rhagasostoma, Rhebasia, Semieschara, Smittipora, Solenonychocella, Tornipora, Virgocella, Woodipora
Subtaxa: Floridina asymmetrica Floridina elegans Floridina pentagonus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene of India (2)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Sweden (1)
Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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