Stenolaemata - Tubuliporata - Stomatoporidae
Synonym: Alecto Lamoureux 1821 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Stomatoporidae according to E. Håkansson et al. 2024
See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Di Martino and Taylor 2014, Fischer 1969, Guha 2013, Guha and Gopikrishna 2007, Hara and Taylor 2009, Martha et al. 2019, Schmidt 2003, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Taylor 2010, Taylor and Wilson 1999, Wilson et al. 2015, Zatoń et al. 2013 and Zatoń and Taylor 2010
Sister taxa: Proboscinopora, Stomatoporina, Voigtopora
Subtaxa: Stomatopora arachnoidea Stomatopora bajocensis Stomatopora dichotoma Stomatopora dichotomoides Stomatopora gracilis Stomatopora granulata Stomatopora illiesae Stomatopora lata Stomatopora longicauda Stomatopora melvillei Stomatopora pedicellata Stomatopora recurva
Type: Alecto dichotoma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of India (3), Mexico (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (8), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Texas)
• Jurassic of France (10), Germany (4), India (2), Poland (2), Portugal (6), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Utah)
• Triassic of Hungary (1), Italy (3), Slovakia (2)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Sweden (2)
• Ordovician of Estonia (3), United States (14: Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio)
Total: 82 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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