Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Umbonulidae
Synonyms: Cellepora (Discopora) Lamarck 1816, Colletosia, Discopora Lamarck 1816
Parent taxon: Umbonulidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Gordon 2012, Pouyet 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003
Sister taxa: Aegyptopora, Astochoporella, Desmacystis, Escharopsis, Oshurkovia, Posterula, Rhamphostomella, Scorpiodina, Trigonopora
Subtaxa: Colletosia radiata Discopora vultur Umbonula bicuspis Umbonula macrocheila
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Miocene of Czechia (13), France (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), Spain (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Alabama)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Florida)
Total: 43 collections including 48 occurrences
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