Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Parent taxon: Hippopodinidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Cheetham 1962, Di Martino and Taylor 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archoporella, Saevitella, Thornelya
Subtaxa: Hippopodina feegeensis Hippopodina inaequalis Hippopodina indicata Hippopodina pulcherrima Hippopodina stephensi Hippopodina vibraculifera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), Indonesia (4), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (3: Florida, Georgia)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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