Smittina bella (Busk, 1860)
(a bryozoan)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSmittina bella (a bryozoan)
GenusSmittina (a genus of bryozoans)
FamilySMITTINIDAE (a family of bryozoans)
SuperfamilySMITTINOIDEA (a superfamily of bryozoans)
Section Lepraliomorpha (an infraorder of bryozoans)
InfraorderAscophora (an infraorder of bryozoans)
SuborderNEOCHEILOSTOMATINA (a suborder of bryozoans)
OrderCHEILOSTOMATIDA (an order of calcified bryozoans)
ClassGYMNOLAEMATA (a class of bryozoans)
PhylumBRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hayward, P.J. & Hansen, K.B. 1999 Three newly recognised cheilostomate bryozoans from the British sea area 79 JMBA 79: 917-921.

Smittina bella (a bryozoan) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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