Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mucronellidae
Parent taxon: Mucronellidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bryocryptella, Codonellina, Hemismittina, Jaculina, Malleatia, Phoceana, Rimulostoma, Schizosmittina, Vibraculina
Subtaxa: Smittinella magna Smittinella magniporosa Smittinella osifera Smittinella tatei Smittinella wataepoolanensis Smittinella woodi Smittinella zealandiae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (10)
• Miocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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