Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Synonyms: Costazia Neviani 1895, Schismopora
Parent taxon: Celleporidae according to B. Berning 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Brown 1952, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012, Lee et al. 1997, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Buffonellaria, Buskea, Calvipelta, Cellepora, Chasmatooecium, Chasmazoon, Favosthimosia, Galeopsis, Lagenipora, Monocerina, Omalosecosa, Orthoporidroides, Osthimosia, Palmicellaria, Pourtalesella, Predanophora, Pseudocelleporina, Richbunea, Schismoporinae, Sinuporina, Spigaleos, Tegminula, Turbicellepora
Subtaxa: Celleporina canariensis Celleporina costazii Celleporina granum Celleporina lichenoporoides Celleporina longirostris Celleporina tiara Costazia convexa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Greenland (2), Italy (3), New Zealand (14), United States (4: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (2), Czechia (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (6)
• Oligocene of Malta (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (4), United States (4: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)
Total: 55 collections including 60 occurrences
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