Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405
Belongs to Cellaria according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Cellaria attenuata, Cellaria australis, Cellaria biaperta, Cellaria bicornis, Cellaria bicuspidata, Cellaria contigua, Cellaria cucullata, Cellaria dennanti, Cellaria depressa, Cellaria elementaria, Cellaria enormis, Cellaria fistulosa, Cellaria gigas, Cellaria grandis, Cellaria immersa, Cellaria inarticulata, Cellaria mandibulata, Cellaria melillensis, Cellaria minus, Cellaria mitrata, 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: D. 36689. Its type locality is MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru, which is in a Runangan marine limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru
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