Membraniporella (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae

Synonym: Semiescharipora d'Orbigny 1853

Parent taxon: Cribrilinidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocella, Anaskopora, Anornithopora, Antoniettella, Argopora, Calpidopora, Collarina, Corbulipora, Costula, Cribralaria, Cribrendoecium, Cribrilaria, Cribrilina, Escharipora, Figularia, Filaguria, Gephyrotes, Graptoporella, Hayamiellina, Ichnopora, Jolietina, Jullienula, Lepralina, Leptocheilopora, Metracolposa, Monoceratopora, Mumiella, Otopora, Pachydera, Pelmatopora, Phractoporella, Pleuroschizella, Pliophloea, Puellina, Reginella, Reptescharella, Reptescharipora, Rhabdopora, Scorpiodina, Taractopora, Tricephalopora

Subtaxa: Membraniporella nitida

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), United States (2: Virginia)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene of United States (4: Florida)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences

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