Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Synonyms: Diplopholeous, Rectonychocella , Velumella
Parent taxon: Onychocellidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1934, Bassler 1953, Canu and Bassler 1935, Di Martino and Taylor 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aechmella, Cheethamia, Chondriovelum, Collura, Distefanella, Ehrhardina, Euritina, Floridina, Floridinella, Hoplitaechmella, Hoplocheilina, Inversaria, Nudicella, Ogiva, Ogivalia, Onychocella, Paraechmellina, Reptolunulites, Rhagasostoma, Rhebasia, Semieschara, Thyracella
Subtaxa: Rectonychocella dimorphocella 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 (2), Colombia (1), Indonesia (3), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of United States (10: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 29 collections including 39 occurrences
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