Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Porinidae
Synonym: Acropora Reuss 1869 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Porinidae according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bassler 1934, Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Stach 1936
Sister taxa: Beisselinopsis, Cyphonella, Gastropella, Rotiporina
Subtaxa: Porina fissurifera Porina gracilis Porina spongiosa Porina tubulifera Porina turrita
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (3 collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (13)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), India (2), Italy (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (8)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4)
• Paleocene of Denmark (7), Sweden (1)
• Cenozoic of Australia (2)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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