Siphonicytara clypeata is recorded from the Miocene of Victoria and South Australia, and from the Eocene of Tonga (Cheetham, 1972, as Tubitrabecularia clypeata).
Original description: Porina clypeata Waters, 1881
Locality: Miocene, Victoria.
Type specimen:
Reference: Bock, Philip E., & Cook, Patricia L., 2001. A review of Australian Siphonicytara Busk (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida).
Records of the Western Australian Museum, 20: 307-322.