Selenaria Busk 1854 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Selenariidae

Parent taxon: Selenariidae according to E. HaĚŠkansson et al. 2023

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Stach 1936

Sister taxon: Discovibracella

Subtaxa: Selenaria bimorphocella Selenaria cupola Selenaria grandicella Selenaria macgillivrayi Selenaria maculata Selenaria magnipunctata Selenaria marginata Selenaria nitida Selenaria punctata Selenaria trifoliata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (6 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (5), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Oman (1)

• Cenozoic of Australia (3)

Total: 32 collections including 43 occurrences

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