Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Alternative combination: Cellepora pertusa
Belongs to Hippoporina according to D. A. Brown 1952
See also Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Hippoporina canui, Hippoporina elongata, Hippoporina incomposita, Hippoporina longidens, Hippoporina miocenica, Hippoporina odontostoma, Hippoporina oricelata, Hippoporina praetexta, Hippoporina sinus, Hippoporina vespertilio, Hippoporina waipukurensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: North Carolina collections)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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