Gargantua (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Parent taxon: Microporidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andreella, Caleschara, Calpensia, Cupularia, Dimorphostylus, Floridinella, Homalostega, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Puncturiella, Rimosocella, Rosseliana, Selenaria, Selenariopsis, Steraechmella, Vibracella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Limhamn Quarry, Malmö, Mound II-N1, Skane (Paleocene of Sweden)

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