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Celleporoidea

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Celleporoidea Johnston
1994Celleporoidea Gordon et al.
2003Celleporoidea Schmidt
2006Celleporoidea Berning p. 113
2007Celleporoidea Guha and Gopikrishna
2015Celleporoidea Di Martino and Taylor
2015Celleporoidea Gordon and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
superfamilyCelleporoideaJohnston 1838
superfamilyCelleporoideaJohnston 1838

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.

Superfm. Celleporoidea Johnston 1838
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Fm. Celleporidae Busk 1852
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G. †Acanthionella Canu and Bassler 1917
G. Aulopocella Maplestone 1903
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†Buffonellaria sagittaria Di Martino and Taylor 2015
G. Buskea Heller 1867
G. Cellepora Linnaeus 1767
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†Cellepora cribrosa Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Cellepora glomerata MacGillivray 1887
†Cellepora granulata Münster 1841
†Cellepora massalis Ulrich and Bassler 1904
G. Celleporina Gray 1848
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Celleporina canariensis Aristegui 1989
Celleporina costazii Audouin 1826
Celleporina granum Hincks 1881
Celleporina longirostris MacGillivray 1885
Celleporina tiara MacGillivray 1887
Invalid names: Schismopora [synonym]
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†Costazia convexa Canu and Bassler 1935
G. Harmerella Lagaaij 1952
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Lagenipora chedopadiensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Lagenipora punctulata Gabb and Horn 1862
†Lagenipora sciutoi Di Martino and Taylor 2015
†Lagenipora tuba Manzoni 1875
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†Osthimosia aurora Gordon and Taylor 2015
†Osthimosia curiosa Gordon and Taylor 2015
G. Palmicellaria Alder 1864
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†Palmicellaria convoluta Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Palmicellaria finlayi Brown 1952
†Palmicellaria magna Canu and Bassler 1935
†Palmicellaria ornata Brown 1958
†Palmicellaria otwayensis Maplestone 1900
†Palmicellaria punctata Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Palmicellaria quadrifrons Maplestone 1900
G. †Palmiscenea Bishop and Hayward 1989
G. Predanophora Tilbrook 2006
G. Tegminula Jullien 1882
G. Turbicellepora Ryland 1963
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Turbicellepora canui Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Turbicellepora naniberensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Turbicellepora rostrata Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Fm. Colatooeciidae Winston 2005
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Fm. †Phidoloporidae Gabb and Horn 1862
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†Hippoporella testu Canu and Bassler 1935
G. Lifuella Gordon and d'Hondt 1997
G. †Plesiocleidochasma Soule and Chaney 1991
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G. †Reteporella Busk 1884
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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
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†Rhynchozoon digitatum Waters 1879
†Rhynchozoon monoceros Reuss 1848
G. Schedocleidochasma Soule et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: 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 (193 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.3 - 315.2Antarctica Retepora sp. (41805)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Bolivia Retepora flexuosa (133181)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia Retepora flexuosa (120469)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cellepora granulata (137429)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Retepora sp. (96668)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Cellepora daniensis, Psilosecos angustidens (69603)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Acanthionella simplex (84051)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Sertella porcellana (174184 174185 174186 174187 174188)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) Osthimosia aurora, Osthimosia curiosa, Reteporella mediocris (172944)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Acanthionella oecioporosa (88091) Schismopora globosa (7331) Schismopora umbonata (7316)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Retepora scutulata (7324 7325 7329 7330)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cellepora sp. (205781)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Osthimosia glomerata (7319) Schismopora umbonata (7318)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Osthimosia glomerata, Schismopora globosa, Acanthionella oecioporosa (84174)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Celleporina sp. 1, Celleporidae indet., Buffonellaria sp., Phidoloporidae indet. (172816) Celleporina sp. 1, Celleporina sp. 2, Buffonellaria sp., Phidoloporidae indet., Reteporella sp. 1, Reteporella sp. 2, Rhynchozoon sp. (172815)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Celleporina granum (173839) Retepora sp. 2, Palmicellaria finlayi, Celleporina granum (173838)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Osthimosia glomerata (90552) Retepora laciniosa (90566)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Hippoporella perforata, Retepora laciniosa, Stephanosella entomostoma (90562) Retepora laciniosa (90550 90561 90563) Retepora lacintosa, Stephanosella entomostoma (90528) Stephanosella entomostoma (90549)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04India Reteporella quadripora, Turbicellepora rostrata (178701)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) Cellepora sp. 2, Retepora sp. 1, Celleporina granum, Celleporina longirostris (173837)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04India (Gujarat) Reteporella quadripora, Turbicellepora rostrata (177174)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Cellepora sp., Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Palmicellaria otwayensis, Palmicellaria ornata (173508) Palmicellaria quadrifrons (173510) Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Retepora tridentata, Retepora dartmoorensis, Palmicellaria ornata (173512) Retepora sp.1, Sertella mucronata, Sertella nangeelaensis, Retepora rimata, Retepora incisura (173527) Retepora sp.2, Retepora rimata, Retepora incisura (173526) Retepora sp.3, Palmicellaria microporoides (173521)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Palmicellaria magna (174154)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Palmicellaria microporoides (173516) Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Palmicellaria ornata (173511 173525 173528) Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Palmicellaria otwayensis, Retepora tridentata, Retepora dartmoorensis, Palmicellaria ornata (173506) Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Retepora tridentata, Palmicellaria ornata (173502 173504) Retepora rimata (173517 173519) Retepora sp.3 (173522)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) Turbicellepora canui, Reteporella granti, Reteporella quadripora, Lagenipora chedopadiensis, Turbicellepora naniberensis, Turbicellepora rostrata (177173)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Rhynchozoon sp. (201392 211327 211329)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Retepora porcellana (174198)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Buffonellaria cornuata, Turbicellepora canui, Reteporella granti, Reteporella quadripora, Lagenipora chedopadiensis, Turbicellepora naniberensis, Turbicellepora rostrata (178702) Reteporella quadripora, Turbicellepora rostrata (178703)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Celleporidae indet., Schedocleidochasma incisa (127499)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (West Coast) Phidoloporidae indet. (172797)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Reteporella quadripora, Turbicellepora rostrata (177172)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia Stephanollona sp., Trematooecia sp., Phidoloporidae sp. 1, Phidoloporidae sp. 2, Buffonellaria sagittaria, Lagenipora sciutoi, Lifuella sp. 1, Plesiocleidochasma laterale (173651)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Celleporina sp., Celleporidae indet., Reteporella sp., Rhynchozoon sp., Rhynchozoon monoceros (188985)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Cellepora sp. (59265) Sertella sp. (65395)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Schizoretepora vigneauxi (47007)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Indonesia Celleporidae spp. (145215)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Portugal Celleporidae indet. (155023 155025)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Cellepora sp. 1, Retepora avicularis, Retepora bartrumi, Celleporina lichenoporoides, Celleporina tiara, Cellepora glomerata (173830)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Costazia producta, Retepora rimata (167299) Hippoporella testu, Costazia convexa (174139)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Egypt Celleporidae indet. (34873)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia Cellepora sp., Buffonellaria sp., Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella septentrionalis, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178898) Cellepora sp., Buffonellaria sp., Reteporella beaniana, Rhynchozoon sp., Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa (178895) Cellepora sp., Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178899) Cellepora sp., Celleporina sp., Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper (178892) Cellepora sp., Celleporina sp., Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Schizotheca fissa (178893) Cellepora sp., Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella septentrionalis, Reteporella cellulosa (178888) Cellepora sp., Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella septentrionalis, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178897) Cellepora sp., Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Millepora cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (178902) Cellepora sp., Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Schizotheca fissa (178896) Cellepora sp., Reteporella beaniana, Umbonula monoceros, Schizotheca fissa (178894) Cellepora sp., Turbicellepora canaliculata, Reteporella beaniana (178887) Cellepora sp., Turbicellepora canaliculata, Reteporella beaniana, Reteporella cellulosa (178890) Cellepora sp., Umbonula monoceros (178904) Cellepora sp., Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Schizotheca fissa (178901)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Celleporidae indet. (61897) Palmiscenea alata, Turbicellepora compressa, Celleporidae indet. (61900) Turbicellepora compressa (61898)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Retepora rimata (166365)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Cellepora sp., Retepora sp. B (68330) Retepora sp. A (68292) Retepora sp. B (68296 68313 68329)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania Buffonellaria kuklinskii, Reteporella hluchovensis, Reteporella kralicensis, Reteporella sp., Rhynchozoon monoceros, Schedocleidochasma incisa (178089) Reteporella sp. (178090)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Cellepora sp. (32515 32516 32517)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia Phidoloporidae sp. 3, Turbicellepora canui (173647) Plesiocleidochasma sp. 1, Lifuella sp. 2 (173658) Predanophora sp. (173653)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Celleporina costazi, Buffonellodes incisa, Sertella cellulosa (34739)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Sertella dovedalensis, Retepora avicularis (173831)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia Rhynchozoon sp. (173657)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Stephanosella entomostoma, Schizotheca fissa, Lagenipora tuba, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177486) Buffonellodes incisa, Stephanosella entomostoma, Reteporella cellulosa, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177482) Buffonellodes incisa, Stephanosella entomostoma, Schizotheca fissa, Celleporina costazii (177485) Celleporina sp., Lagenipora sp., Osthimosia sp., Celleporidae indet., Reteporella sp., Buffonellodes incisa, Hippoporella pauper, Schizotheca serratimargo, Celleporina canariensis, Turbicellepora magnicostata, Rhynchozoon monoceros, Buffonellaria divergens (178465) Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177481) Schizotheca serratimargo (177480)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Hippoporella gorgonensis (61342)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Retepora cellulosa (41473)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Cellepora fossa (166810)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Omalosecosa ramulosa, Sertella sp. (56687) Schizotheca serratimargo (177488) Umbonula monoceros, Rhynchozoon digitatum, Cellepora costazii (177487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Celleporina costazi, Hippoporella pauper, Stephanosella entomostoma (34723) Omalosecosa sp., Turbicellepora sp., Hippoporella pauper, Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (34724) Sertella sp. (70928)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia Plesiocleidochasma sp. 2 (173659)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Celleporina costazi, Umbonula monoceros, Schizotheca fissa (69864) Celleporina costazi, Umbonula monoceros, Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa (70785)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Retepora sp. (50343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Rhynchozoon sp. (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Retepora porcellana (174189)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Hippoporella gorgonensis (79982)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Schizotheca sp., Celleporidae indet., Buffonellaria sp., Reteporella sp., Plesiocleidochasma sp. (152330)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Cellepora fossa, Cellepora coronopus (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58New Zealand Celleporina diadema (173737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Cellepora sp., Sertella fissa, Sertella granulata, Sertella porcellana (172911) Sertella fissa (172913)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Cellepora parasitica, Hippopozoon sp., Sertella cellulosa, Tegminula sp. (41578) Sertella cellulosa (41577)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Buffonellodes incisa, Reteporella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa, Schizotheca serratimargo, Lagenipora tuba, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177490) Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa, Schizotheca serratimargo, Lagenipora tuba, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177491) Buffonellodes incisa, Schizotheca fissa, Turbicellepora coronopus, Celleporina costazii (177489)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hippoporella gorgonensis (61339 61344 91910) Rhynchozoon rostratum (91902) Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Hippoporella gorgonensis (91901) Turbicellepora sp., Rhynchozoon sp., Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Hippoporella gorgonensis (79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (79989) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79772) Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Rhynchozoon rostratum, Hippoporella gorgonensis (79983) Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79794) Turbicellepora sp. (79771)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Celleporina costazi, Omalosecosa ramulosa, Palmicellaria aviculifera, Buffonellaria divergens, Buskea dichotoma, Umbonula monoceros, Buffonellodes incisa, Sertella cellulosa, Schizotheca fissa, Turbicellepora coronopus (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma (91912)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Retepora cellulosa (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Celleporina globulosa, Turbicellepora coronopus (146291 146292 146293)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Celleporina sp. (85085 85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85092 85093 85098 85099 85101 85102 85103)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Hippoporella gorgonensis (60988)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Buskea dichotoma, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Hippoporella gorgonensis (79844) Hippoporella costulata, Buskea dichotoma, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79842) Hippoporella costulata, Trematooecia aviculifera, Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3 (79845) Hippoporella costulata, Turbicellepora sp., Schedocleidochasma n. sp. 3, Hippoporella gorgonensis (79835)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Celleporina sp. (85087)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece Palmicellaria elegans, Reteporella sparteli, Reteporella sp. (190371)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Celleporina surcularis, Celleporina ventricosa (75200) Celleporina ventricosa, Hippoporella hippopus (75197)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lagenipora spinulosa (202634 202648)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Costazia costazi, Lagenipora punctulata, Rhynchozoon rostratum, Rhynchozoon tumulosum, Hippoporella gorgonensis (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Lagenipora punctulata, Rhynchozoon tumulosum (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Celleporina sp. (176670 176672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Rhynchozoon sp. (97608) Trematooecia turrita, Hippoporella gorgonensis (97610) Trematooecia turrita, Rhynchozoon sp. (97606 97607)