Melicerita Milne-Edwards 1836 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae

Synonyms: Meliceritina Ehrenberg 1839, Ulidium Searles Wood 1844 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Cellariidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acerinucleus, Atelestozoum, Cellaria, Cryptostomaria, Dimorphocellaria, Dubiocellaria, Erinella, Escharicellaria, Euginoma, Formosocellaria, Hemistylus, Henrimilnella, Mesostomaria, Paracellaria, Pseudocellaria, Smitticellaria, Steginocellaria, Stomhypselosaria, Swanomia, Syringotrema

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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