Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Parent taxon: Bitectiporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Cheetham 1962, Gordon et al. 1994, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bitectipora, Schizomavella
Subtaxa: Hippoporina burlingtoniensis Hippoporina canui Hippoporina elongata Hippoporina incomposita Hippoporina longidens Hippoporina miocenica Hippoporina odontostoma Hippoporina oricelata Hippoporina pertusa Hippoporina praetexta Hippoporina sinus Hippoporina vespertilio Hippoporina waipukurensis
Type: Hippoporina sinus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (4), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (8)
• Miocene of France (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), Spain (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 56 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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