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†family Spiroporinidae Harmer 1957 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae

Parent taxon: Ascophora according to A. H. Cheetham 1972

Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Catenicelloidea, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippoporinidae, Hippothooidea, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactellidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Tubucellariidae

Subtaxa: Spiroporina Tessaradoma

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2), Tonga (2)

Total: 13 collections including 18 occurrences

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