Smittipora Jullien 1882 (bryozoan)

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

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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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