Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Synonyms: Hemismittina, Hippodiplosia Canu 1916
Parent taxon: Bryocryptellidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bryocryptella, Bubnoffiella, Buchneria, Cyclocolposa, Cystisella, Marguetta, Palmiskenea, Porella, Porellinae, Porelloides, Rhamphosmittina, Simibryocryptella
Subtaxa: Hippodiplosia miocenica Hippodiplosia ottomulleriana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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