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
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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