Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
Synonym: Craspedozoum MacGillivray 1886
Parent taxon: Candidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935 and Cheetham 1972
Sister taxa: Amastigia, Bactrellaria, Bobinella, Bugulopsis, Caberea, Cabereopsis, Canda, Candomenipea, Candoscrupocellaria, Diplobicellariella, Emma, Eoscrupocellaria, Eupaxia, Hoplitella, Maplestonia, Monartron, Notoplites, Notoplitesigia, Penemia, Pseudoporicellaria, Retiscrupocellaria, Scrupocellaria, Scrupocellarinella, Semibugula, Synaptacella, Tricellaria
Subtaxa: Menipea biaviculata Menipea elongata Menipea innocua Menipea retroversa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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