Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Parent taxon: Ascophora according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1956 and Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Acanthostega, Basyaylella, Bifaxariidae, Catenicelloidea, Celleporariidae, Cleidochasmatidae, Conescharellinidae, Crepidacanthidae, Euthyrisellidae, Euthyroididae, Fusicellariidae, Hippothooidea, Hippothoomorpha, Lekythoporidae, Lepraliomorpha, Mucronellidae, Myriozoidae, Nephroporidae, Onchoporidae, Parmulariidae, Petraliidae, Phylactellidae, Phylactelliporidae, Platyglenidae, Prostomariidae, Reteporidae, Sertellidae, Spiroporinidae, Stomachetosellidae, Tetraplariidae, Tubucellariidae
Subtaxa: Clithriellum Gemelliporina Hippadenella Hippomenella Hippomonavella Hipposera Hippothyris Pseudoflustra Trypocella
Type: Hippoporina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Greece (1), New Zealand (3)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (4), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Colombia (1), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), Spain (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 35 collections including 46 occurrences