Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Petraliellidae
Synonym: Hippopetraliella Stach 1939
Parent taxon: Petraliellidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Mobunula, Mucropetraliella, Orbiculipora, Poripetraliella, Riscodopa, Sinupetraliella, Utinga
Subtaxa: Hippopetraliella (Hippopetraliella) Hippopetraliella (Serripetraliella) Petraliella biincisa Petraliella denticulata Petraliella firmata Petraliella megafera Petraliella tractifera Petraliella vultur
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (3), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (3)
• Miocene of Australia (2), India (2), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
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