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 californica, Microporella coronata, Microporella ferrea, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella inamoena, Microporella inflata, Microporella macropora, Microporella ordo, Microporella praeciliata, Microporella speculum, Microporella waghotensis
Subtaxa: Microporella ciliata diademata
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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