Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae
Synonym: Caloporella MacGillivray 1895 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Catenicellidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1958, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Calpidium, Catenicella, Catenicellopsis, Claviporella, Cornuticella, Costaticella, Cribicellina, Digenopora, Ditaxipora, Orthoscuticella, Pterocella, Scuticella, Strongylopora, Strophipora
Subtaxa: Caloporella speciosa Vittaticella elegans Vittaticella enormis Vittaticella gracilenta Vittaticella grandis Vittaticella hannafordi Vittaticella insignis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Brazil (1), Hungary (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 7 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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