Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Synonyms: Microporelloides Soule et al. 2003, Tremolyrula Vigneaux 1949
Parent taxon: Microporellidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012
See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Di Martino and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Pouyet 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Ulrich and Bassler 1904 and Zagorsek et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Adelascopora, Calloporina, Cribriporella, Diporula, Fenestrulina, Flustramorpha, Tenthrenulina
Subtaxa: Microporella (Ellipsopora) Microporella (Microporella) Microporella appendiculata Microporella berningi Microporella bifoliata Microporella browni Microporella cailleti Microporella californica Microporella ciliata Microporella coronata Microporella ferrea Microporella hyadesi Microporella inamoena Microporella inflata Microporella macropora Microporella ordo Microporella praeciliata Microporella speculum Microporella waghotensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Greece (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), United States (8: California, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), United States (5: California)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (2), Czechia (6), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (4), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 65 collections including 82 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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