Buffonellaria (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae

Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to B. Berning 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Kiessling 2003, Lee et al. 1997 and Schmidt 2003

Sister taxa: Acanthionella, Aulopocella, Buskea, Cellepora, Celleporina, Costazia, Dentiporella, Harmerella, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Palmiscenea, Predanophora, Tegminula, Turbicellepora

Subtaxa: Buffonellaria entomostoma Buffonellaria sagittaria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Portugal (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Spain (4)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Alabama)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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