Melicerita Milne-Edwards 1836 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Parent taxon: Cellariidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Brown 1952, Brown 1958, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerinucleus, Atelestozoum, Cellaria, Cryptostomaria, Dimorphocellaria, Erinella, Escharicellaria, Euginoma, Hemistylus, Larvapora, Mesostomaria, Pseudocellaria, Smitticellaria, Stomhypselosaria, Syringotrema
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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