Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae
Synonyms: Catenariidae Levinsen 1909, Vitatticellidae Harmer 1957
Parent taxon: Catenicelloidea according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003
Sister taxa: Concatenellidae, Dicasignetella, Eurystomellidae, Petalostegidae, Savignyellidae
Subtaxa: Ahcheethamia Bryosartor Caberoides Caloporella Calpidium Catenicella Catenicellopsis Claviporella Claviporellinae Cornuticella Cornuticellina Cornuticellinae Costaticella Costatimorpha Cribicellina Digenopora Ditaxipora Ditaxiporina Ditaxoporinae Geminella Orthoscuticella Plagiopora Pterocella Scalicella Scuticella Scuticellinae Stenostomaria Strongylopora Strophipora Talivittaticella Vasignyellinae Vittaticellinae
Type: Catenicella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6)
• Miocene of Australia (11), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 27 collections including 41 occurrences