Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Cellaria according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Cellaria adamantina, Cellaria attenuata, Cellaria australis, Cellaria biaperta, Cellaria bicornis, Cellaria bicuspidata, Cellaria contigua, Cellaria cucullata, Cellaria dennanti, Cellaria depressa, Cellaria diffusa, Cellaria elementaria, Cellaria enormis, Cellaria fistulosa, Cellaria gigas, Cellaria grandis, Cellaria immersa, Cellaria inarticulata, Cellaria mandibulata, Cellaria melillensis, Cellaria minus, Cellaria myaringensis, Cellaria orbicularia, Cellaria palatum, Cellaria perampla, Cellaria perexigua, Cellaria pilosa, Cellaria rigida, Cellaria robusta, Cellaria setigera, Cellaria stachi, Cellaria tenuirostris, Cellaria tumida, Cellaria variabilis, Cellaria veteripontis, Melicerita angustiloba
Type specimen: MGSV, 53015. Its type locality is Glenaulin, sample IV, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine limestone in the Wataepoolan limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Glenaulin, sample IV
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