Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Parent taxon: Microporidae according to E. O. Ulrich and R. S. Bassler 1904
See also Maury 1924
Sister taxa: Andreella, Caleschara, Calpensia, Cianotremella, Dimorphostylus, Gargantua, Homalostega, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Puncturiella, Rimosocella, Rosseliana, Selenariopsis, Steraechmella, Vibracella
Subtaxa: Cupularia canariensis Cupularia denticulata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), the Netherlands (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
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