Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Synonym: Selenaria squamosa Tenison-Woods 1880 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Selenaria according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Selenaria bimorphocella, Selenaria cupola, Selenaria grandicella, Selenaria maculata, Selenaria magnipunctata, Selenaria marginata, Selenaria nitida, Selenaria punctata, Selenaria trifoliata
Subtaxa: Selenaria macgillivrayi lucens
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (6 collections)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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