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Hippothoidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Hippothoidae Busk
1888Diazeuxidae Jullien p. 8
1894Celleporellidae Norman p. 129
1952Hippothoidae Brown
1953Hippothoidae Bassler p. G195
2000Hippothoidae Pouyet
2003Hippothoidae Schmidt
2006Hippothoidae Bock
2012Hippothoidae Gordon p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
superfamilyHippothooideaBusk 1859
familyHippothoidaeBusk 1859
familyHippothoidaeBusk 1859

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Hippothoidae Busk 1859
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G. Antarctothoa Moyano 1987
G. Austrothoa Moyano 1987
G. Celleporella Gray 1848
G. †Dacryoporella Lang 1934
G. Haplota Marcus 1940
G. †Heterothoa HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024
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Heterothoa repens HÃ¥kansson et al. 2024
G. Hippothoa Lamouroux 1821
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Hippothoa distans MacGillivray 1869
Hippothoa hyalina Linnaeus 1767
G. †Laterotecatia Voigt 1979
G. Neothoa Moyano 1987
G. Plesiothoa Gordon and Hastings 1979
Invalid names: Celleporellidae Norman 1894 [synonym], Diazeuxidae Jullien 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=3.0 based on 6 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 05:35:30
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:35:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Heterothoa repens (235528 235529 235530)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Hippothoa distans (173838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Hippothoa naredensis (46311)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Hippothoa distans (173830)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Hippothoa hyalina (41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Hippothoa distans (173738) Hippothoa distans, Hippothoa hyalina (173740) Hippothoa hyalina (173737)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Hippothoa flagellum (146291)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand Hippothoa hyalina (173829)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Hippothoa hyalina (173732 173733)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Celleporella hyalina (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Hippothoa hyalina (160361)