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Porella porifera

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae

Taxonomy
Porella marsupium porifera was named by Hincks (1884). It is extant.

It was recombined as Porella porifera by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Porella marsupium porifera Hincks
1959Porella porifera Kanakoff and Emerson p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyLepralielloideaVigneaux 1949
familyBryocryptellidaeVigneaux 1949
genusPorellaGray 1848
speciesporifera(Hincks 1884)

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.

Porella porifera Hincks 1884
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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 04:49:57
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:13:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Porella porifera (160361)