Family Petraliellidae Harmer 1957 (bryozoan)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Petraliellidae
Parent taxon: Schizoporelloidea according to A. K. Guha and K. Gopikrishna 2007
See also Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Actisecidae, Cheiloporinidae, Eminooeciidae, Illusiopora, Lacernidae, Lanceoporidae, Margarettidae, Microporellidae, Myriaporidae, Ostrovskia, Petraliidae, Schizoporellidae, Stomachetosellidae, Vicidae
Subtaxa: Mucropetraliella Petraliella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (3), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (3)
• Miocene of Australia (2), India (2), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences