Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Synonyms: Diplopholeous, Velumella
Parent taxon: Onychocellidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1934, Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aechmella, Cheethamia, Chondriovelum, Collura, Dictuonia, Distefanella, Ehrhardina, Euritina, Floridina, Floridinella, Holsacella, Hoplitaechmella, Inversaria, Latereschara, Matyashegyella, Nudicella, Nudonychocella, Ogiva, Onychocella, Onychocellaria, Otiochmella, Paraechmellina, Pseudolunulites, Radulopora, Rectonychocella, Reptolunulites, Rhagasostoma, Rhebasia, Semieschara, Solenonychocella, Tornipora, Virgocella, Woodipora
Subtaxa: Smittipora cordiformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (5: Florida)
• Pliocene of Panama (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Colombia (1), Indonesia (3), Panama (1)
• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, Florida)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 26 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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