Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
Parent taxon: Candidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Bock 2006, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amastigia, Bactrellaria, Bobinella, Bugulopsis, Caberea, Cabereopsis, Canda, Candomenipea, Candoscrupocellaria, Diplobicellariella, Emma, Eoscrupocellaria, Eupaxia, Hoplitella, Maplestonia, Menipea, Monartron, Notoplites, Notoplitesigia, Penemia, Pseudoporicellaria, Retiscrupocellaria, Scrupocellarinella, Semibugula, Synaptacella, Tricellaria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Greece (2)
• Pliocene of Panama (3), Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Panama (1), Spain (2), Ukraine (2)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (5: Florida)
Total: 26 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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