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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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