Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
WoRMS claims extinct
Synonym: Acanthionella Canu and Bassler 1917
Parent taxon: Romancheinidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allerescha, Antarcticaetos, Arctonula, Balantiostoma, Bathosella, Biporochella, Bostrychopora, Bulbipora, Elleschara, Escharella, Escharoides, Exochella, Exochellinae, Hellerasca, Hemicyclopora, Hemicycloporinae, Hemiphylactella, Hippolyrula, Hippopleurifera, Lageneschara, Metrarabdotomorpha, Mucronellinae, Obliquostoma, Ochetosella, Opaeomorpha, Pachykraspedon, Peristomellae, Pleurolyrulinae, Pleuromucrum, Pseudosclerodomus, Psilopsella, Ragionula, Romancheina, Temachia, Pleurolyrula, Cheilonella, Neolagenipora
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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