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Phidoloporidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae

Taxonomy

Phidoloporidae was named by Gabb and Horn (1862). Its type is Phidolopora.

It was assigned to Cheilostomatida by Lee et al. (1997); to Cheilostomata by Bock (2006); and to Celleporoidea by Gordon et al. (1994), Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Guha and Gopikrishna (2007), Gordon (2012), Gordon and Taylor (2015), Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Synonyms

Sertellidae was named by Jullien (1903). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Reteporidae by Bassler (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Phidoloporidae by Gordon (1993), Gordon (2012).

It was assigned to Ascophora by Brown (1956), Brown (1958), Cheetham (1972).
Reteporidae was named by Smitt (1868). It is extant. Its type is Retepora.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sertellidae by Gordon (1984); it was synonymized subjectively with Phidoloporidae by Gordon (1993), Gordon (1999), Gordon (2012).

It was assigned to Ascophora by Brown (1952), Bassler (1953), Pouyet (2000).
Schizoreteporinae was named by Gregory (1893). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phidoloporidae by Gordon (2012).
Hippoporininae was named by Bassler (1953). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phidoloporidae by Gordon (2012).
Hippellozoonidae was named by Vigneaux (1949). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Phidoloporidae by Gordon (2012).
Rhynchozooninae was named by Vigneaux (1949). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phidoloporidae by Gordon (2012).
Hippoporinidae was named by Osburn (1952). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Phidoloporidae by Gordon (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Phidoloporidae Gabb and Horn
1868	Reteporidae Smitt
1893	Schizoreteporinae Gregory p. 224
1903	Sertellidae Jullien
1949	Hippellozoonidae Vigneaux p. 17
1949	Rhynchozooninae Vigneaux p. 102
1952	Reteporidae Brown
1952	Hippoporinidae Osburn p. 343
1953	Reteporidae Bassler p. G211
1953	Hippoporininae Bassler p. 33
1956	Sertellidae Brown
1958	Sertellidae Brown
1972	Sertellidae Cheetham
1994	Phidoloporidae Gordon et al.
1997	Phidoloporidae Lee et al.
2000	Reteporidae Pouyet
2003	Phidoloporidae Schmidt
2006	Phidoloporidae Berning p. 124
2006	Phidoloporidae Bock
2007	Phidoloporidae Guha and Gopikrishna
2012	Phidoloporidae Gordon p. 13
2015	Phidoloporidae Di Martino and Taylor
2015	Phidoloporidae Gordon and Taylor

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Bryozoa	Ehrenberg 1831
class	Gymnolaemata	Allman 1856
order	Cheilostomata	Busk 1859
suborder	Neocheilostomina	d'Hondt 1985
superfamily	Celleporoidea	Johnston 1838
family	Phidoloporidae	Gabb and Horn 1862
family	Phidoloporidae	Gabb and Horn 1862

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. †Phidoloporidae Gabb and Horn 1862

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G. Bryorachis Gordon and Arnold 1998

G. Chevron Gordon 1989

G. Dentiporella Barroso 1926

G. Dictyochasma Hayward 1999

G. Fodinella Tilbrook et al. 2001

G. †Hippopozoon Canu and Bassler 1929

G. Iodictyum Harmer 1933

†Iodictyum acanthoides Brown 1952

†Iodictyum ligarense Brown 1952

†Iodictyum megapora Guha and Gopikrishna 2007

†Iodictyum phoeniceum Busk 1854

G. Lifuella Gordon and d'Hondt 1997

G. Malleatia Jullien 1903

G. Metacleidochasma Soule et al. 1991

G. Phidolopora Gabb and Horn 1862

G. †Plesiocleidochasma Soule and Chaney 1991

Plesiocleidochasma laterale Harmer 1957

G. †Psilosecos Canu and Bassler 1933

G. †Reteporella Busk 1884

Reteporella cellulosa Linnaeus 1767

†Reteporella doverensis Ulrich and Bassler 1904

†Reteporella granti Guha and Gopikrishna 2007

†Reteporella mediocris Gordon and Taylor 2015

†Reteporella quadripora Guha and Gopikrishna 2007

†Reteporella rimata Waters 1881

Invalid names: Retepora [synonym], Sertella Jullien and Calvet 1903 [synonym]

G. Rhynchozoon Hincks 1895

†Rhynchozoon digitatum Waters 1879

†Rhynchozoon monoceros Reuss 1848

Rhynchozoon rostratum Busk 1855

Rhynchozoon tumulosum Hincks 1882

G. Schedocleidochasma Soule et al. 1991

†Schedocleidochasma incisa Reuss 1874

G. Schizoretepora Gregory 1893

G. Schizotheca Hincks 1877

Schizotheca fissa Busk 1856

†Schizotheca serratimargo Hincks 1886

G. †Stephanollona Duvergier 1921

†Stephanollona ricoae Iturra et al. 2025

Invalid names: Hippellozoonidae Vigneaux 1949 [synonym], Hippoporinidae Osburn 1952 [synonym], Hippoporininae Bassler 1953 [invalid subgroup], Reteporidae Smitt 1868 [synonym], Rhynchozooninae Vigneaux 1949 [invalid subgroup], Schizoreteporinae Gregory 1893 [invalid subgroup], Sertellidae Jullien 1903 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

intermediate Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Brooding:

yeso

Comments:

mean weight-% MgCO3=7.7 based on 63 specimens. Some aragonitef

Created:

2008-02-26 05:52:04

Modified:

2008-02-27 08:35:35

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade

References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Holocene or 330.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 315.2 Ma

Collections (138 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian	330.3 - 315.2	Antarctica	Retepora sp. (41805)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Bolivia	Retepora flexuosa (133181)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Bolivia	Retepora flexuosa (120469)
Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	France	Retepora sp. (96668)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Sweden	Psilosecos angustidens (69603)
Cenozoic	66.0 - 0.0	Australia (Victoria)	Sertella porcellana (174184 174188) Sertella porcellana, Iodictyum phoeniceum (174185 174186 174187)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	New Zealand (Chatham Island)	Reteporella mediocris (172944)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Florida)	Retepora scutulata (7324 7325 7329 7330)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Tonga (Eua)	Reteporellina sp. (166841 166842)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	New Zealand (North Otago)	Phidoloporidae indet. (172816) Phidoloporidae indet., Reteporella sp. 1, Reteporella sp. 2, Hippellozoon sp., Rhynchozoon sp. (172815)
Runangan	36.7 - 34.6	New Zealand	Retepora sp. 2 (173838)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Retepora laciniosa (90566)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Alabama)	Retepora laciniosa (90550 90561 90562 90563) Retepora lacintosa (90528)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	New Zealand (North-West Nelson)	Retepora sp. 1, Iodictyum ligarense (173837)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	India	Reteporella quadripora (178701)
Rupelian - Chattian	33.9 - 23.04	India (Gujarat)	Reteporella quadripora (177174)
Oligocene - Miocene	33.9 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	Retepora sp.1, Sertella mucronata, Sertella nangeelaensis, Iodictyum sp., Retepora rimata, Retepora incisura (173527) Retepora sp.2, Retepora rimata, Retepora incisura (173526) Retepora sp.3 (173521) Retepora tridentata, Retepora dartmoorensis (173512)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Malta	Sertella sp. (239934 239940 239958)
Miocene - Oligocene	23.04 - 23.04	Australia (Victoria)	Iodictyum sp., Retepora tridentata (173504) Retepora rimata (173517 173519) Retepora sp.3 (173522) Retepora tridentata (173502) Retepora tridentata, Retepora dartmoorensis (173506)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	India (Gujarat)	Iodictyum megapora, Reteporella granti, Reteporella quadripora (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Colombia	Reteporellina sp. (211330) Rhynchozoon sp. (201392 211327 211329)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Retepora porcellana (174198)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	India	Iodictyum megapora, Reteporella granti, Reteporella quadripora (178702) Reteporella quadripora (178703)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	France	Schedocleidochasma incisa (127499)
Otaian	21.7 - 18.7	New Zealand (West Coast)	Phidoloporidae indet. (172797)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Indonesia	Stephanollona sp., P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, Triphyllozoon sp., Lifuella sp. 1, Plesiocleidochasma laterale (173651)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	Sertella sp. (65395)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	India (Gujarat)	Reteporella quadripora (177172)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Germany	Reteporella sp., Rhynchozoon sp., Rhynchozoon monoceros (188985)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Egypt	Schizoretepora vigneauxi (47007)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Argentina (Chubut)	Stephanollona ricoae (241015)
Altonian	18.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	Iodictyum acanthoides, Hippellozoon novaezelandiae, Retepora avicularis, Retepora bartrumi (173830)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	Retepora rimata (167299)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Australia (Victoria)	Retepora rimata (166365)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Czechia	Iodictyum rubeschi, Buffonellodes incisa, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178899) Reteporella beaniana, Iodictyum rubeschi (178887) Reteporella beaniana, Iodictyum rubeschi, Reteporella cellulosa (178890) Reteporella beaniana, Iodictyum rubeschi, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (178896) Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella septentrionalis, Iodictyum rubeschi, Reteporella cellulosa (178888) Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella septentrionalis, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178897 178898) Reteporella beaniana, Rhynchozoon sp., Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (178895) Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa (178892) Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Millepora cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178902) Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Schizotheca fissa (178894) Umbonula monoceros (178904) Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (178893 178901)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Romania	Reteporella hluchovensis, Reteporella kralicensis, Reteporella sp., Rhynchozoon monoceros, Schedocleidochasma incisa (178089) Reteporella sp. (178090)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Fiji	Retepora sp. A (68292) Retepora sp. B (68296 68313 68329 68330)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Hungary	Buffonellodes incisa, Sertella cellulosa (34739)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Indonesia	P. sp. 3 (173647) Plesiocleidochasma sp. 1, Lifuella sp. 2 (173658)
Waiauan	13.05 - 11.04	New Zealand	Sertella dovedalensis, Retepora avicularis (173831)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Indonesia	Rhynchozoon sp. (173657)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Reteporellina evelinae (145580)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Spain	Buffonellodes incisa, Reteporella cellulosa (177482) Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (177485 177486) Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (177481) Reteporella sp., Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca serratimargo, Rhynchozoon monoceros (178465) Schizotheca serratimargo (177480)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (61342)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)	Retepora cellulosa (41473)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	Schizotheca serratimargo (177488) Sertella sp. (56687) Umbonula monoceros, Rhynchozoon digitatum (177487)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Morocco	Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (34724) Sertella sp. (70928)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Indonesia	Plesiocleidochasma sp. 2 (173659)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	Umbonula monoceros, Schizotheca fissa (69864) Umbonula monoceros, Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (70785)
Messinian - Piacenzian	7.246 - 2.58	Australia (South Australia)	Retepora sp. (50343)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	Retepora porcellana (174189)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Greece (Rhodes)	Rhynchozoon sp. (122994)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Portugal	Schizotheca sp., Reteporella sp., Plesiocleidochasma sp. (152330)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79982)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Australia (South Australia)	Sertella fissa (172913) Sertella fissa, Sertella granulata, Sertella porcellana (172911)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Antarctica	Hippopozoon sp., Sertella cellulosa (41578) Sertella cellulosa (41577)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Spain	Buffonellodes incisa, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa, Schizotheca serratimargo (177490) Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (177489) Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa, Schizotheca serratimargo (177491)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	Rhynchozoon rostratum (91902) Rhynchozoon sp., Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79998) Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (91901)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas)	Reteporellina evelinae, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79772) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (79989) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Rhynchozoon rostratum (79983) Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79794)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Greece	Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	France (Alpes Maritimes)	Retepora cellulosa (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Panama	Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (91912)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	New Zealand	Triphyllozoon umbonatum (173728)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Costa Rica (Limon)	Reteporellina evelinae, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (79844) Reteporellina evelinae, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79842) Reteporellina evelinae, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79835) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79845)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Greece	Reteporella sparteli, Reteporella sp. (190371)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Phidolopora labiata (202634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Rhynchozoon rostratum, Rhynchozoon tumulosum (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico	Rhynchozoon tumulosum (52347)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Florida)	Rhynchozoon sp. (97606 97607 97608)