Nellia Busk 1852 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae

Parent taxon: Quadricellariidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Cheetham 1962, Guha 2013, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Nellia kutchensis Nellia narayani Nellia quadrangularis Nellia tenella Nellia walasaraensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), Panama (5)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), India (6), Morocco (2), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of India (2), United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of India (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of France (1), United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 49 collections including 63 occurrences

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