Chiastosella Canu and Bassler 1934 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae

Synonym: Stellatopora Livingstone 1929

Parent taxon: Escharinidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1972 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Bactridium, Bryopesanser, Dightonia, Escharina, Herentia, Mastigophorinae, Phaeostachys, Schizobathysella, Schizocoryne, Therenia

Subtaxa: Chiastosella conservata Chiastosella daedala Chiastosella diagonalis Chiastosella gibbera Chiastosella grandicella Chiastosella granulata Chiastosella lamellata Chiastosella parviporosa Chiastosella porosa Chiastosella watersi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (4)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (3)

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

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2), Tonga (1)

Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences

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