Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Synonym: Alysidota Busk 1856
Parent taxon: Smittinidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Canu and Bassler 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspericreta, Dakariella, Dengordonia, Dittomesia, Hemismittoidea, Houzeauina, Parasmittina, Pemmatoporella, Phylactellina, Plagiosmittia, Platychelyna, Pleurocodonellina, Porismittina, Prenantia, Pseudoflustra, Raymondcia, Rimulostoma, Schismoporella, Smittina, Smittinella, Smittoidea, Thrypticocirrus, Tracheloptyx, Hippophylactella
Subtaxa: Phylactella chapmani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), French Southern Territories (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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