Superfamily Lunulitoidea Lagaaij 1952 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Parent taxon: Flustrina according to E. Håkansson et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Buguloidea, Calloporoidea, Cribrilinoidea, Flustroidea, Haigina, Microporoidea, Monoporelloidea, Peedeesellidae, Thalamoporelloidea, Umbonulomorpha

Subtaxa: Lunulariidae Lunulitidae Otionellidae Selenariidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (6 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (7)

• Miocene of Australia (6), Brazil (9), France (1), Germany (32), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (6), Oman (1), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of France (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (63: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cenozoic of Australia (3)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Denmark (26), France (2), Germany (12), the Netherlands (2), North Atlantic (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 215 collections including 302 occurrences

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