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Hippoporina pertusa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae

Taxonomy
Cellepora pertusa was named by Esper (1796). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hippoporina pertusa by Brown (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Cellepora pertusa Esper
1952Hippoporina pertusa Brown

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilySmittinoideaLevinsen 1909
familyBitectiporidaeMacGillivray 1895
genusHippoporinaNeviani 1895
speciespertusa(Esper 1796)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 02:12:06
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:12:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Hippoporina pertusa (173516)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Hippoporina pertusa (173830)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Hippoporina pertusa (60986 60987 60988 60989)