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Celleporina

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae

Taxonomy

Celleporina was named by Gray (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 606]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Celleporidae by Brown (1952), Lee et al. (1997), Schmidt (2003), Berning (2006), Bock (2006).

Species

C. canariensis, C. costazii, C. granum, C. lichenoporoides, C. longirostris, C. tiara, Costazia convexa

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. costazi, C. diadema, C. globulosa, C. surcularis, C. ventricosa

Synonyms

Schismopora is a genus. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Celleporina by Harmer (1957).

It was assigned to Celleporidae by Bassler (1953); and to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002).
Costazia was named by Neviani (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1260]. It is extant.

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

It was assigned to Celleporidae by Canu and Bassler (1935), Bassler (1953); and to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Celleporina Gray
1895	Costazia Neviani
1935	Costazia Canu and Bassler
1952	Celleporina Brown
1953	Costazia Bassler p. G220
1953	Schismopora Bassler p. G220
1997	Celleporina Lee et al.
2002	Celleporina Sepkoski
2002	Costazia Sepkoski
2002	Schismopora Sepkoski
2003	Celleporina Schmidt
2006	Celleporina Berning p. 118
2006	Celleporina Bock

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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	Celleporidae	Busk 1852
genus	Celleporina	Gray 1848

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.

G. Celleporina Gray 1848

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Celleporina canariensis Aristegui 1989

Celleporina costazii Audouin 1826

Celleporina granum Hincks 1881

†Celleporina lichenoporoides Brown 1952

Celleporina longirostris MacGillivray 1885

Celleporina tiara MacGillivray 1887

Invalid names: Costazia Neviani 1895 [synonym], Schismopora [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

Created:

2008-02-26 04:59:42

Modified:

2008-02-27 04:17:19

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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (55 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Schismopora globosa (7331) Schismopora umbonata (7316)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Schismopora globosa (84174)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Florida)	Schismopora umbonata (7318)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	New Zealand (North Otago)	C. sp. 1 (172816) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (172815)
Runangan	36.7 - 34.6	New Zealand	C. granum (173838 173839)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	New Zealand (North-West Nelson)	C. granum, C. longirostris (173837)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Malta	C. sp. (239934 239940)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Germany	C. sp. (188985)
Altonian	18.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	C. lichenoporoides, C. tiara (173830)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	Costazia convexa (174139) Costazia producta (167299)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Czechia	C. sp. (178892 178893)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Hungary	C. costazi (34739)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Spain	C. costazii (177481 177482 177485 177486) C. sp., C. canariensis (178465)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	Cellepora costazii (177487)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Morocco	C. costazi (34723)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	C. costazi (69864 70785)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Spain	C. costazii (177489 177490 177491)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	New Zealand	C. diadema (173737)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Greece	C. costazi (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	New Zealand (Kermadec Islands)	C. sp. (85085 85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85092 85093 85098 85099 85101 85102 85103)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Italy	C. globulosa (146291 146292 146293)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	New Zealand (Kermadec Islands)	C. sp. (85087)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Greenland	C. surcularis, C. ventricosa (75200) C. ventricosa (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Costazia costazi (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Oregon)	C. sp. (176670 176672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Alaska)	Costazia sp. (240422)