Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Alternative combination: Smittina landsborovii purpurea
Belongs to Smittina according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Smittina (Reussia), Smittina (Smittina), Smittina acaroensis, Smittina bathydonta, Smittina canavarii, Smittina cervicornis, Smittina crepidula, Smittina cribraria, Smittina denticulifera, Smittina eagari, Smittina flexuosa, Smittina inarmata, Smittina landsborovii, Smittina marionensis, Smittina messiniensis, Smittina ordinata, Smittina parviovicellosa, Smittina perforata, Smittina rogickae, Smittina trispinosa, Smittina unispinosa, Smittina uttleyi, Smittia ordinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North Canterbury (Miocene of New Zealand)
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