Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Synonyms: Calpensiidae Canu and Basler 1923, Eschariporidae d'Orbigny 1852, Opesiulidae Jullien 1888
Parent taxon: Microporoidea according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Cheetham 1962, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Gordon 2012, Gordon and Taylor 1999, Lee et al. 1997, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Ulrich and Bassler 1904 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthodesiomorpha, Alysidiidae, Aspidostomatidae, Calescharidae, Cardabiellidae, Chlidoniidae, Coscinopleuridae, Macroporidae, Ogivalia, Onychocellidae, Poricellariidae, Setosellidae, Vibracella, Volviflustrellaria
Subtaxa: Andreella Apiophragma Calpensia Cianotremella Dimorphostylus Escharipora Gargantua Manzonella Micropora Microporina Mollia Monsella Monsellinae Nematoporella Opaeophora Poropeltarion Promicropora Puncturiella Puncturiellina Rectimicropora Reptescharinella Reussinella Rimosocella Scriblitopora Steraechmella Stictostega Verminaria
Type: Micropora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Greece (1), Greenland (2), Italy (3), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (3), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), Czechia (4), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Malta (4), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Oman (1), United States (4: Alabama)
• Eocene of India (2), New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Florida, Georgia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Denmark (2), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (3), United States (3: Arkansas, Tennessee)
Total: 73 collections including 93 occurrences