Smittinella Canu and Bassler 1934 (bryozoan)

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

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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

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