Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae

Alternative combination: Eschara ciliata

Belongs to Microporella according to B. Berning 2006

See also Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Microporella (Ellipsopora), Microporella (Flustramorpha), Microporella (Microporella), Microporella appendiculata, Microporella berningi, Microporella bifoliata, Microporella browni, Microporella cailleti, Microporella coronata, Microporella ferrea, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella inamoena, Microporella inflata, Microporella macropora, Microporella ordo, Microporella praeciliata, Microporella speculum, Microporella waghotensis

Subtaxa: Microporella ciliata diademata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (3), New Zealand (2), United States (7: California, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (4), Spain (2)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (6), Hungary (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Spain (3)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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