Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Parent taxon: Hippoporinidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Gordon et al. 1994, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clithriellum, Gemelliporina, Hippadenella, Hippomonavella, Hipposera, Hippothyris, Pseudoflustra, Trypocella
Subtaxa: Hippomenella bituberosa Hippomenella devatasae Hippomenella magna Hippomenella mucronelliformis Hippomenella parviporosa Hippomenella rarirostrata Hippomenella uniserialis Hippomenella vellicata Hippomenella vermicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Greece (1), New Zealand (3)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (4), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Colombia (1), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 31 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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